PeruIsland

Lobos de Tierra

15.7 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

N 0.5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

15.7km²

Area

41km

Coastline

71m

Highest point

People

23°C

Warmest sea

February

10km

To the mainland

When to go to Lobos de Tierra

Best for the beach from January to April.

The sea is warmest in February (23 °C) and coolest in September (18 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from January to April.

22°24°21°

Jan1

23°26°23°

Feb3

23°26°22°

Mar4

21°24°21°

Apr1

20°22°20°

May0

19°21°19°

Jun0

18°20°18°

Jul0

18°20°17°

Aug0

18°19°17°

Sep0

18°20°17°

Oct0

19°21°18°

Nov0

20°22°20°

Dec1

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Peru

Lobos de Tierra is an island in Peru. It covers 15.7 km², with 41 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 71 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 10 km away.

Getting there

Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 121 km in a straight lineCar hire in ChiclayoDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
10 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Aprilbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 18 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

98 %0–50 m
2 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Lobos de Tierra16 km²

Capri10 km²

Manhattan54 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	24	26	26	24	22	21	20	20	19	20	21	22
Night low (°C)	21	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	17	18	20
Sea (°C)	22	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	19	20
Rain (mm)	3	10	23	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wet days	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sun h/day	8.9	8.6	8.6	8.9	7.8	5.8	4.9	4.6	5.9	6.9	7.7	8.6
Wind (km/h)	15	14	14	17	19	20	20	21	20	19	17	17

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.2	−0.3	−0.1	−0.8	−0.4	−1.0	−1.4	−0.6	−1.3	−0.7	−1.6	−1.2
2021	−1.5	−1.3	−1.1	−2.8	−1.1	−0.1	+0.4	−0.6	+0.1	−1.1	−1.1	−1.7
2022	−0.8	−2.4	−1.7	−1.7	−1.8	−1.9	−0.9	−1.0	−1.1	−1.6	−1.0	−0.1
2023	−2.0	+0.1	+3.0	+5.2	+3.2	+3.8	+3.8	+3.4	+2.3	+1.7	+1.2	+0.9
2024	+1.2	+1.6	−0.7	−0.7	−2.2	−0.7	−0.8	−0.6	−0.6	−0.2	−0.1	−1.4
2025	−1.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	−0.3	+0.7	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	±0.0	−0.4	−1.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q1674034) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons