Madre de Dios Department · Peru
Puerto Maldonado travel guide
Puerto Maldonado is a city in Madre de Dios Department, Peru, home to about 85,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- PEM5 km · Padre Aldamiz International Airport
- Currency
- PENNuevo sol
- Time zone
- America/Lima
- Language
- Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
When to go
The best time to visit Puerto Maldonado
Puerto Maldonado has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; January is the wettest, with about 367 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Puerto Maldonado: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Padre Aldamiz International Airport (PEM), about 5.1 km from the city centre in a straight line.
PEM · Padre Aldamiz International Airport
Questions
Puerto Maldonado: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Puerto Maldonado?
Puerto Maldonado has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; January is the wettest, with about 367 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Puerto Maldonado?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Padre Aldamiz International Airport (PEM), about 5.1 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Puerto Maldonado?
Nuevo sol (PEN).
Nearby
Destinations near Puerto Maldonado
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.