When is the best time to visit Peru?

Most guides agree on Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct. Cusco & Machu Picchu: May to September (dry season). Lima: December to April. Arequipa: April to November — the rains fall from January to March. Lake Titicaca: May to October — the rains run December to March and the nights are below freezing all year.

When is the rainy season in Peru?

No guide in Peru has a month above 250 mm; the wet months are wet, not under water.

Peru travel tips

Best time to visit Peru

Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Peru agrees on Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Place	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	In words
Cusco & Machu PicchuMay to September (dry season)													May to September (dry season)
LimaDecember to April													December to April
ArequipaApril to November — the rains fall from January to March													April to November — the rains fall from January to March
Lake TiticacaMay to October — the rains run December to March and the nights are below freezing all year													May to October — the rains run December to March and the nights are below freezing all year

best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.

The guides in Peru

The Machu Picchu citadel below Huayna Picchu

Cusco & Machu PicchuPeruAn Inca capital at 3,400m, and the citadel below it

LimaPeruCliffs above the Pacific and South America’s best food scene

white and brown concrete building near green trees and mountain during daytime

ArequipaPeruA white volcanic-stone city under three volcanoes, and the deepest canyon most people have never heard of

brown wooden houses on green grass field during daytime

Lake TiticacaPeruThe highest navigable lake on earth, with islands of woven reed and villages that still weave their own history