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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • prices

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. Catania 72, Lima 42: Catania leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Lima 88: Lima leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Lima 66: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Lima 62: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Lima 45: Catania leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Lima 34: Catania leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Lima 42: Catania leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Lima 35: Catania leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Lima 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Lima 70: Lima leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Lima 53: Catania leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Lima 25: Catania leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Lima.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaLima
Official languageItalianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation7 m154 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaLima
City population311,5849,943,800
People per km²1,7043,721
Museums within 10 km2547
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.