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Lima for remote work

UTC−5 America/Lima · UTC−5 all year

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US Eastern team 7–8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
US Pacific team 5–6 h shared 9–5 · their day is 12:00–20:00 here
UK team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 04:00–12:00 here
Central Europe team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Price level 54 Low: household prices Peru-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 12 / 12 all year

Your team's working day, on Lima's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Lima; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 09:00–17:00
8 h
US Pacific 12:00–20:00
5 h
UK 04:00–12:00
3 h
Central Europe 03:00–11:00
2 h

Peru does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Feb8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Mar7–8 h awake 8 h5–6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Apr7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
May7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jun7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jul7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Aug7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Sep7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Oct7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Nov8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Dec8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Great (9.0), high 26°C26°JanFebruary: Great (9.0), high 27°C27°FebMarch: Great (9.0), high 26°C26°MarApril: Great (9.0), high 25°C25°AprMay: Great (9.5), high 22°C22°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 20°C20°JunJuly: Great (9.6), high 19°C19°JulAugust: Great (9.2), high 19°C19°AugSeptember: Great (9.6), high 19°C19°SepOctober: Great (10.0), high 21°C21°OctNovember: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°NovDecember: Great (9.5), high 24°C24°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan26°C19°C3 mm19°C muggy12.6 h9.0
Feb27°C20°C2 mm20°C muggy12.4 h9.0
Mar26°C19°C2 mm20°C muggy12.1 h9.0
Apr25°C17°C2 mm18°C muggy11.7 h9.0
May22°C15°C3 mm17°C sticky11.4 h9.5
Jun20°C14°C4 mm15°C comfortable11.3 h10.0
Jul19°C14°C4 mm14°C comfortable11.4 h9.6
Aug19°C13°C4 mm14°C comfortable11.6 h9.2
Sep19°C13°C4 mm14°C comfortable11.9 h9.6
Oct21°C14°C1 mm15°C comfortable12.3 h10.0
Nov22°C15°C1 mm16°C comfortable12.6 h10.0
Dec24°C17°C1 mm17°C sticky12.7 h9.5

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
9,943,800 (2022)
Elevation
154 m
Airports
Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM), 8 km
Time zone
America/Lima
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Peru's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Lima on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-09. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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