🇵🇪 Peru or 🇲🇽 Mexico
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature. Mexico leads on the sea and cities.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $95 in Mexico.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇲🇽 Mexico
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- $85A normal day$95
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York5h 15m to Mexico City
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Very goodValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundComfortable long distance buses and cheap domestic flights
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidThe Caribbean coast in September and October, peak hurricane season
Pick by what you want
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
🇲🇽 Choose Mexico if
you want one of the great food countries, ruins and two very different coastlines, without European prices.
Full Peru guide →Full Mexico 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.