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Peru
26 cities in the atlas · 24 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Ministerio de Defensa del Perú · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Lima
- Currency
- PEN
- Peruvian Sol
- Local time
- Peru Standard TimeUTC-05:00
- Calling code
- +51
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, B and C
Facts
Peru in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Lima
- Currency
- Peruvian Sol PENToday's indicative rate: PEN 1 ≈ USD 0.291Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Spanish and QuechuaSpoken: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
- Time zones
- Peru Standard TimeUTC-05:00
- Calling code
- +51
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, B and C220 V · 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 105police106ambulance111general emergency116fire117ambulance911general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 34,576,665 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 1,285,220 km²
- Internet domain
- .pe
When to go
Climate across Peru
In March to January, more than half of the 11 cities with figures in Peru have a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 22° |
| Cusco | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° |
| Arequipa | 18° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 19° |
| Trujillo | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 23° |
| Callao | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 22° |
| Iquitos | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Chiclayo | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° |
| Piura | 33° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 32° |
| Huancayo | 15° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 15° |
| Pucallpa | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 32° | 34° | 35° | 34° | 32° | 31° |
| Cities good for going, of 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Peru
All 26 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Peru
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
- LIMJorge Chávez International AirportLima
- AQPRodríguez Ballón International AirportArequipa
- TRUCapitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International AirportTrujillo
- CIXCapitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International AirportChiclayo
- CUZAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportCusco
- IQTCoronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International AirportIquitos
- PCLCap FAP David Abenzur Rengifo International AirportPucallpa
- JULInca Manco Capac International AirportJuliaca
Photographs
Peru in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
LimaPhoto: JulioKuLu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CuscoPhoto: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Peru
Tell us where in Peru, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.