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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Alicante 82, Lima 42: Alicante leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Lima 88: Lima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Lima 66: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Lima 62: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Lima 45: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Lima 34: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Lima 42: Alicante leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Lima 35: Alicante leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Lima 52: Lima leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Lima 70: Lima leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Lima 53: Lima leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Lima 25: Alicante leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Lima.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteLima
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation3 m154 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteLima
City population366,2219,943,800
People per km²1,8193,721
Museums within 10 km847
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.