According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Peru is April to May and October to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Peru
- Best months
- April to May and October to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- South America
What Peru is best for
Iconic Inca ruins like Machu Picchu, Andean trekking, Amazon wildlife, and Lima's world-renowned culinary scene.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Peru by month
Monthly averages around Lima; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 19 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| February | about 20 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| March | about 20 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| April best | about 19 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| May best | about 18 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| June | about 17 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| July | about 17 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| August | about 17 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| September | about 17 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| October best | about 17 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| November best | about 18 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| December | about 18 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Peru
- Capital
- Lima
- Languages
- Spanish and Quechua
- Currency
- Peruvian Sol (PEN)
- Time
- UTC−5
- Plugs
- Type A, B, C · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +51
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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