embassly
Lima

Peru: embassies, consulates & entry rules

foreign missions here
92
Consulates
34
missions abroad
159
Visa-free / Visa on arrival
103
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Live & travel in Peru

Monthly budget
$2,450/mo
Prices vs USA: 54%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 3.445 PEN
US travel advisory
Level 2
Homicides / 100k: 8.6
travel.state.gov
Internet access
82%
of people online
Air quality
31.1
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
Emergency
111 · 911 · 116
Plug types
Europlug, NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
Calling code
+51

Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Sep 3, 2026

3.5
/ 5
embassly score

Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept

  • Cost3.4
  • Safety3.3
  • Internet access4.1
  • Air quality2.0
  • Climate4.5
City guide: Lima
SOS · Peru111Restaurants, cafés and dishes in PeruIthaa · Central · Ceviche · Pisco · Lomo saltado · Ají de gallina · Picarones

Government consensus

Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments
  • United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
  • United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
  • CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country

Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Upcoming public holidays

  • Dec 8, 2026 · Immaculate Conception
  • Dec 9, 2026 · Battle of Ayacucho
  • Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
  • Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
  • Mar 25, 2027 · Maundy Thursday
  • Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
  • Mar 28, 2027 · Easter Sunday
  • May 1, 2027 · Labour Day

Cities in Peru

Traveller essentials · Peru

Emergency
111 · 911 · 116 · 117
Calling code
+51
Currency
PEN
Plug types
Europlug, NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
Drives on the
right
Capital
Lima

Foreign missions in Peru

Peru missions abroad

AlgeriaAlgiers1ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Mendoza, La Plata6AustraliaCanberra, Perth3AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels2BelizeBelize City1BoliviaLa Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra4BrazilBrasília, Manaus, São Paulo4CanadaOttawa, Vancouver, Toronto4ChileSantiago, Arica, Iquique4ChinaBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai3ColombiaBogotá, Medellín, Leticia4Costa RicaSan José1CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1EcuadorQuito, Guayaquil, Loja, Ecuador5EgyptCairo1El SalvadorSan Salvador1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, Strasbourg, Cayenne5GermanyBerlin, Bonn, Frankfurt6GhanaAccra2GreeceAthens1GuatemalaGuatemala City1HondurasTegucigalpa1Hong KongHong Kong1HungaryBudapest2IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Florence, Milan6JamaicaKingston, Montego Bay2JapanTokyo, Nagoya3KuwaitKuwait City1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MexicoMexico City2MoroccoRabat1Netherlands's-Gravenhage, Amsterdam2New ZealandWellington1NicaraguaManagua1NorwayOslo1PanamaPanama City2ParaguayAsunción1PhilippinesManila2PolandWarsaw, Toruń, Lublin5PortugalLisbon1Puerto RicoSan Juan1QatarDoha2RomaniaBucharest, Timișoara2RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg3Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SingaporeSingapore1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Valencia, Bilbao7SwedenStockholm2SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich3TaiwanTaipei1ThailandBangkok1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2United Arab EmiratesDubai1United KingdomLondon2United StatesWashington, D.C., Accra, Port of Spain16UruguayMontevideo1VenezuelaCaracas3VietnamHanoi1

Who can enter Peru without a visa?

Visa-free103
Visa required95

Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.

Frequently asked questions

Embassies & consulates in Peru?

92 missions, 63 countries.

Emergency: Peru?

111, 911, 116 (fire department), 117 (emergency medical services), 106 (emergency medical services), 105 (police)

Who can enter Peru without a visa?

103: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, and Brazil…