Peru

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ✅ Quick Answer May to September is the best time for the Andes and Machu Picchu: this is the dry season, with clear skies, sunny days, and the best trekking conditions. April and October are the value sweet spots, with similar weather just outside the busiest, priciest months. The Best Time to Visit Peru, in One Sentence The guide at our hostel in Cusco frowned when I showed him our dates. “October? You know that’s the edge of the rains.” I did know, and I’d booked it on purpose, because the June and July fares had made my eyes water. So we gambled on the shoulder. And on the morning we finally reached the Sun Gate above Machu Picchu, the clouds tore open right on cue, the ruins floated below us in hard golden light, and there were maybe a third of the crowds the high-season photos always show. I’ll come back to why that gamble worked further down. ...