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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Lima?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Adelaide for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Adelaide’s own page.

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Adelaide 68, Lima 42: Adelaide leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Lima 88: Lima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Lima 66: Lima leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Lima 62: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Lima 45: Adelaide leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Lima 34: Adelaide leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Lima 42: Adelaide leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Lima 35: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Lima 52: Lima leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Lima 70: Lima leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Lima 53: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Lima 25: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Lima.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideLima
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000111 or 911
Elevation1 m154 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideLima
City population1,387,2909,943,800
People per km²1,0713,721
Museums within 10 km1347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months2 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Lima somewhere new.

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.