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Peru climate
Dry coast, high Andes, hot Amazon east. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Lima · Callao · Arequipa · Trujillo · Chiclayo · Piura
Browse all 28 cities in Peru
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
Am
Tropical monsoon
3 citiesBWk
Cold desert
1 cityAf
Tropical rainforest
1 cityAw
Tropical savanna (dry winter)
1 cityBSk
Cold semi-arid
1 cityCsb
Warm-summer Mediterranean
1 cityA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Peru.
Climate types in Peru
Peru spans 9 climate types. The 8 most widespread:
BWh
Hot desert · 11 citiesCwb
Subtropical highland · 7 citiesAm
Tropical monsoon · 3 citiesBSh
Hot semi-arid · 2 citiesCsb
Warm-summer Mediterranean · 1 cityBSk
Cold semi-arid · 1 cityAw
Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 1 cityAf
Tropical rainforest · 1 city
… and 1 more.
Climate records across Peru — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Pucallpa (81.2 °F avg) · Coolest Huancavelica (48.5 °F avg) · Wettest Iquitos (99 in/yr) · Driest Lima (0 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Peru sits well between them.