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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Bordeaux 50, Lima 42: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Lima 88: Lima leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Lima 66: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Lima 62: Lima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Lima 45: Bordeaux leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Lima 34: Bordeaux leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Lima 42: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Lima 35: Bordeaux leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Lima 52: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Lima 70: Lima leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Lima 53: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Lima 25: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Lima.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxLima
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
Elevation1 m154 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxLima
City population267,9919,943,800
People per km²5,4253,721
Museums within 10 km1847
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.