A phase error detector includes a sine wave generation circuit that generates a sine wave signal, based on a first input signal of a first period, a cosine wave generation circuit that generates a cosine wave signal, based on the first input signal, a first calculator that calculates a phase difference between the sine wave signal and a second input signal of a second period, a second calculator that calculates a phase difference between the cosine wave signal and the second input signal, and a first selection unit that outputs the phase difference calculated by the first calculator when the phase difference calculated by the second calculator is within a predetermined range, and outputs a predetermined value having a same sign as a sign of the phase difference calculated by the first calculator when the phase difference calculated by the second calculator is out of the predetermined range.