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Last and first frost dates in Iquitos

Peru

Iquitos had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Iquitos

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of July
10 °Calready in the first week of July
15 °Calready in the first week of July
18 °Calready in the first week of July

Frost dates near Iquitos

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Pucallpa537 km——
Riobamba642 km——
Cuenca645 km9 December—
Ambato657 km——
Loja661 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Iquitos

Within 15 km of Iquitos OpenStreetMap lists 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado Municipal Teniente Manuel Clavero, 0 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Iquitos by month

Average weather in Iquitos over 2016–2025: the warmest month is September. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28.7–31.2 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: August–March (30–31.2 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 22.7 °C. About 2773 mm of rain falls in a year, on 285 days; March is the wettest month (324 mm) and September the driest (138 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January30.223.922924
February30.12426924
March3023.932427
April29.823.731127
May29.123.428826
June28.722.918924
July2922.715921
August30.223.115318
September31.223.913820
October30.924.119922
November30.424.125125
December302426327

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).