Tacna
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Tacna: Marco Antonio Correa Flores, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tacna is a city in Peru. About 286,240 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 18.01° S, 70.25° W, about 567 m (1,860 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tacna. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tacna has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 22°C (72°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 7°C (45°F). Around 48 mm (2 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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
- Arequipa · 225 km
- Cusco · 529 km
- Huancayo · 842 km
- Lima · 975 km
- Callao · 983 km
- Pucallpa · 1,162 km
- Chimbote · 1,327 km
- Trujillo · 1,437 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3928128 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q272795 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Tacna: Marco Antonio Correa Flores, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)