Chimbote
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Catedral de Chimbote - Diócesis: Rodavía17, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chimbote is a city in Peru, in Ancash. About 316,966 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 9.08° S, 78.59° W, about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Chimbote. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chimbote has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 26°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 16°C (60°F). Around 68 mm (3 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in PeruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Trujillo · 117 km
- Chiclayo · 291 km
- Callao · 367 km
- Lima · 371 km
- Pucallpa · 449 km
- Piura · 488 km
- Huancayo · 498 km
- Iquitos · 832 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3698304 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q518431 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Catedral de Chimbote - Diócesis: Rodavía17, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)