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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Austin 30, Lima 42: Lima leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Lima 88: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Lima 66: Lima leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Lima 62: Austin leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Lima 45: Austin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Lima 34: Austin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Lima 42: Austin leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Lima 35: Lima leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Lima 52: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Lima 70: Lima leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Lima 53: Austin leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Lima 25: Austin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Austin
50match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinLima
Official language-Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation149 m154 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinLima
City population961,8559,943,800
People per km²1,2173,721
Museums within 10 km2147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.