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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Brisbane 55, Lima 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Lima 88: Lima leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Lima 66: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Lima 62: Lima leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Lima 45: Brisbane leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Lima 34: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Lima 42: Brisbane leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Lima 35: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Lima 52: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Lima 70: Lima leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Lima 53: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Lima 25: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Lima.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneLima
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-5
Emergency number000111 or 911
Elevation0 m154 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneLima
City population2,706,9669,943,800
People per km²1713,721
Museums within 10 km1647
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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.