Average Monthly Sunshine in Iquitos

Sunshine plays a big role in understanding the climate of a city. This page shows the total number of hours of direct sunlight per month and the average hours per day in Iquitos, Loreto, Peru. Long-term data from 1990 to 2020 was used to calculate these averages.

Monthly hours of sunshine

Iquitos experiences sunny spells throughout the year. The sunniest month, August, sees up to 228 hours of sunshine, while February, the least sunny month, still provides a respectable 151 hours. The total annual sunshine amounts to 2196 hours.

Daily hours of sunshine

This means you will experience moderate variation in sunshine hours throughout the year. With 7.6 hours daily sunshine in August, it dips to 5.0 hours in February.

Iquitos’s total hours of sunshine compared to other major cities

Iquitos enjoys an average of 2196 hours of sunshine annually. Let’s compare this with some popular tourist destinations:

Seville, Spain, enjoys an impressive 2920 hours of sunshine per year, making it an ideal destination even in winter.

Manchester, UK, experiences just around 1420 hours of sunshine annually.

Vancouver, Canada, receives approximately 1940 hours of sunshine annually.

Perth, Australia, enjoys 3180 hours of sunshine annually, the highest among major Australian cities.

Other climate information

April, Iquitos’s wettest month, receives 192 mm of rainfall and has a maximum daytime temperature of 31°C. During the driest month August you can expect a temperature of 31°C.

For more detailed insights into the city’s temperatures, check out our Temperature page. To explore more about precipitation patterns, visit our Iquitos Precipitation page.