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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • 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. Banff 12, Lima 42: Lima leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Lima 88: Lima leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Lima 66: Lima leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Lima 62: Lima leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Lima 45: Banff leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Lima 34: Lima leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Lima 42: Banff leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Banff 55, Lima 35: Banff leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Lima 52: Lima leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Lima 70: Lima leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Lima 53: Lima leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Lima 25: Banff leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Lima.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffLima
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation1,400 m154 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffLima
City population8,3059,943,800
People per km²1,7303,721
Museums within 10 km447
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.