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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Auckland 68, Lima 42: Auckland leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Lima 88: Lima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Lima 66: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Lima 62: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Lima 45: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Lima 34: Auckland leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Lima 42: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Lima 35: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Lima 52: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Lima 70: Lima leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Lima 53: Lima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Lima 25: Auckland leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Auckland
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandLima
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number111111 or 911
Elevation196 m154 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandLima
City population1,470,1009,943,800
People per km²2,6303,721
Museums within 10 km1547
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month2 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.