Huancayo
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Huancayo Peru: edhucesar, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Huancayo is a city in Peru, in Junin. About 456,250 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 12.07° S, 75.21° W, about 3,596 m (11,798 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Huancayo. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Huancayo has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 16°C (60°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 1°C (34°F). Around 389 mm (15 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PeruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Lima · 197 km
- Callao · 209 km
- Cusco · 388 km
- Pucallpa · 416 km
- Chimbote · 495 km
- Trujillo · 604 km
- Arequipa · 624 km
- Chiclayo · 775 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3939459 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q468782 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Huancayo Peru: edhucesar, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Huancayo Noche: Tony Huanca, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
