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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Lima for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Lima 42: Lima leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Lima 88: Bangkok leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Lima 66: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Lima 62: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Lima 45: Lima leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Lima 34: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Lima 42: Bangkok leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Lima 35: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Lima 52: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Lima 70: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Lima 53: Lima leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Lima 25: Bangkok leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Lima.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokLima
Official languageThaiSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyBaht (THB)Sol (PEN)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199111 or 911
Elevation2 m154 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokLima
City population5,676,6489,943,800
People per km²3,6193,721
Museums within 10 km5947
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bangkok 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.