🇲🇽 Mexico or 🇵🇪 Peru
Which one, honestly
Mexico leads on the sea and cities. Peru leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $95 in Mexico and $85 in Peru.
Side by side
- 🇲🇽 Mexico🇵🇪 Peru
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, DecBest monthsMay, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $95A normal day$85
- 5h 15m to Mexico CityNonstop from New York7h 45m to Lima
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Comfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundLong distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole days
- The Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane seasonWhen to avoidFebruary, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenance
Pick by what you want
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
Full Mexico guide →Full Peru guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.