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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

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

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lima for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Avignon 22, Lima 42: Lima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Lima 88: Lima leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Lima 66: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Lima 62: Lima leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Lima 45: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Lima 34: Avignon leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Lima 42: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Lima 35: Avignon leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Lima 52: Lima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Lima 70: Lima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Lima 53: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Lima 25: Avignon leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon 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

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonLima
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation10 m154 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonLima
City population92,1889,943,800
People per km²1,4203,721
Museums within 10 km1147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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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). 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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.