Pucallpa
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Pucallpa Plaza San Martín Fountain by Night: AgainErick, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Pucallpa is a city in Peru, in Ucayali. About 326,040 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 8.38° S, 74.55° W, about 155 m (509 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Pucallpa. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pucallpa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 22°C (71°F). Around 1,380 mm (54 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
- Huancayo · 416 km
- Chimbote · 450 km
- Lima · 489 km
- Trujillo · 492 km
- Callao · 496 km
- Iquitos · 534 km
- Chiclayo · 609 km
- Cusco · 639 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3693345 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q217071 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Pucallpa Plaza San Martín Fountain by Night: AgainErick, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)