Iquitos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇪 Peru · city break · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Iquitos is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 62/100), with February and March close behind. Iquitos averages about 1,819 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 295 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,819
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 62/100
- Rain / year
- 2,992 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 459k
- Elevation
- 92 m
When is the best time to visit Iquitos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Iquitos is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (62/100, 295 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Iquitos?
Iquitos gets a moderate 1,819 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #21 of 25 destinations in Peru for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,286 hours. The year's 2,992 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 295 mm | 10 |
| February | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 252 mm | 10 |
| March | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 357 mm | 10 |
| April | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 301 mm | 10 |
| May | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 261 mm | 9 |
| June | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 205 mm | 8 |
| July | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 160 mm | 8 |
| August | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 150 mm | 9 |
| September | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 183 mm | 10 |
| October | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 271 mm | 10 |
| November | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 274 mm | 10 |
| December | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 283 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Leticia Colombia · 376 km · best in Aug · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Tarapoto Peru · 455 km · best in Jul · 1,810 h sun/yr
- Pucallpa Peru · 530 km · best in Jul · 2,025 h sun/yr
- Cajamarca Peru · 684 km · best in Jun · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Quito Ecuador · 693 km · best in Sep · 1,338 h sun/yr
- Pasto Colombia · 726 km · best in Aug · 1,367 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- La Chorrera Colombia · 265 km · 1,812 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tabatinga Brazil · 378 km · 1,825 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yurimaguas Peru · 390 km · 1,781 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tarapacá Colombia · 407 km · 1,768 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cruzeiro Do Sul Brazil · 428 km · 1,909 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Iquitos compares month by month: Iquitos vs Pucallpa · Iquitos vs Tarapoto · Iquitos vs Leticia · all comparisons
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