About Huancayo
Huancayo is a city in Junin, Peru with a population of 456,250. It is the 7th largest of the 135 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Peru, and the 1,264th largest worldwide. It lies 198 km from Lima.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Elevation
3,596 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Lima
Coordinates
-12.069, -75.210
Record updated
2026-06-21
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 135 in PeruClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.