Visit the Rainbow Mountains
The Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) is acolored rainbow mountain that will steal your heart forever and the view from the top will take your breath away.
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.
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.
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 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.
April, Iquitos’s wettest month, receives 192 mm (7.6 in) of rainfall and has a maximum daytime temperature of 31°C (88°F). During the driest month August you can expect a temperature of 31°C (88°F).
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.
Pick a month to see the average temperature, rainfall and sunshine in Iquitos - and find the best time to visit.
Temperature Rainfall Sunshine Humidity Wind Speed
See the full Iquitos climate overview or explore weather in Peru.
Where to go in October - average daytime high across popular destinations.
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Visit the Rainbow Mountains
The Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) is acolored rainbow mountain that will steal your heart forever and the view from the top will take your breath away.
"The other" Machu Picchu: the Inca City of Choquequirao
Discover Choquequirao, the hidden Inca city near Cusco. Hike through stunning landscapes and explore ancient ruins with fewer crowds than Machu Picchu.
Hike the inca Trail
Few walking tours speak so much to the imagination as the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. The tour leads through beautiful mountain landscapes and it is called the 'Royal Highway'
The Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica
One of your highlights during a trip in Peru might be this eco-luxury lodge in front of the Madre de Dios River, called Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica.