Iquitos, Loreto, Peru uses America/Lima, currently -05 (UTC-05:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Iquitos is a city in Peru, with a population of about 377,600. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Iquitos sits deep in the Peruvian Amazon and is the largest city in the world with no road connection to the outside, reachable only by river or air. The centre near the Plaza de Armas and the riverside boulevard holds the rubber-boom mansions, while the floating district of Belén sits on the water south of it.
The riverside boulevard and its tiled rubber-era buildings are the historic core, and the Belén market is the city's most striking sight, selling produce brought in from the forest. River trips into the surrounding rainforest and the confluence where the Amazon proper begins are the main reason most people come.
Motorcycle rickshaws dominate the streets and are the standard way to move around the city. Everything beyond the city is reached by boat, and the airport is the only other link to the rest of Peru.
The climate is hot and humid year-round with no dry season, though river levels vary considerably. High water makes more of the flooded forest accessible by boat, while low water exposes beaches and walking trails.
Peru uses the PEN, calling code +51.
Peru uses the sol, and Spanish is the language with several indigenous Amazonian languages spoken in the region. Manner is relaxed and unhurried, and cash is needed once you leave the city centre.
