Iquitos
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Collage de Iquitos, 2024: Various autors., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Iquitos is a city in Peru, in Loreto. About 377,609 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 3.75° S, 73.25° W, about 107 m (351 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Iquitos. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Iquitos has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 22°C (72°F). Around 3,108 mm (122 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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
- Pucallpa · 534 km
- Trujillo · 803 km
- Chiclayo · 805 km
- Piura · 835 km
- Chimbote · 836 km
- Huancayo · 949 km
- Lima · 1,011 km
- Callao · 1,017 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3696183 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q193289 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Collage de Iquitos, 2024: Various autors., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)