Best time to visit Peru

Peru is represented here by Lima (-12.0°, -77.0°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a desert climate with almost no rain, 24 mm of rain a year, and a 3.4°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Peru falls in a desert climate with almost no rain.

Climate in Lima

Lima is hottest in March (average 20.7°C) and coolest in July (17.3°C). The year is dry, with only 5 mm even in February.

Open the Lima page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Lima: typical hottest-month average 20.7°C and about 24 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Lima (February, March, and April).

Lima in Peru

Lima sits at -12.04°, -77.03°. It is a desert climate with almost no rain. March is the warmest month at 20.7°C (high 24.1°C); July is the coolest at 17.3°C (low 12.9°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 3.4°C.

The year is dry: only 24 mm, with February the least-dry month at 5 mm. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are February, March, and April. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 7,737,002. The wettest month is February (5 mm, 1 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is September (1 mm).