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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Berlin 38, Lima 42: Lima leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Lima 88: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Lima 66: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Lima 62: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Lima 45: Berlin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Lima 34: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Lima 42: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Lima 35: Berlin leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Lima 52: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Lima 70: Lima leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Lima 53: Berlin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Lima 25: Berlin leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Lima.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Lima
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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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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BerlinLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinLima
Official languageGermanSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation34 m154 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinLima
City population3,700,5779,943,800
People per km²4,1533,721
Museums within 10 km15747
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.