Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → LIM
New York to Lima
Best fare, round trip
$430
−34%
below its usual $655
you keep $225
GreatFound
- Depart
- Fri 15 Jan
- Return
- Sat 23 Jan
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 8h
- Airline
United
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $586 and $788. The drop beats 83% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
PeruLimaThe best restaurant city in South America, on a cliff above the Pacific — and the way to Cusco.Best windowDec–AprAirportsJorge Chávez (LIM)Every route into LimaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $402 and peak in October near $1,014, 152% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies United nonstop and takes about 8 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip. At $430 for 5,875 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Lima, this fare ranks 2nd — 24% above the $347 from Washington. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 28 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $597. The best time to be in Lima: Dec–Apr.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $664 then versus $675 now, across 20 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $365, on 8 Jan '27.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 109 days priced, from 76 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829Monday 30 November: $503. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $666. Compare fares from this day.234567891011121314151617Friday 18 December: $1k. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.20Monday 21 December: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.222324Friday 25 December: $979. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
January 2027
1234567Friday 8 January: $645. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 9 January: $681. Compare fares from this day.10Monday 11 January: $596. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 12 January: $530. Compare fares from this day.13Thursday 14 January: $402. Compare fares from this day.Friday 15 January: $430. Compare fares from this day.1617181920Thursday 21 January: $675. Compare fares from this day.2223Sunday 24 January: $607. Compare fares from this day.25262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $402
39% below the $655 typical fare
$1014Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$503Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$653Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$402Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$500Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$586Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$747Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Lima, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Jorge Chávez (LIM)
- Flight time
- ≈8 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈5,875 km each way
- Typical price
- $655 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- United
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
NYC → LIM, answered.
Is $430 a good price for New York to Lima?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $655 round-trip. At $430 you're 34% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Lima?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Lima are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Lima?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 7 months of cached fares, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Lima?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (United). The outbound leg runs around 8 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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