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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

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

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Chengdu 5, Lima 42: Lima leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Lima 88: Lima leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Lima 66: Lima leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Lima 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Lima 45: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Lima 34: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Lima 42: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Lima 35: Chengdu leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Lima 52: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Lima 70: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Lima 53: Lima leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Lima 25: Chengdu leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Lima.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduLima
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Sol (PEN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119111 or 911
Elevation500 m154 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduLima
City population20,937,7579,943,800
People per km²1,4563,721
Museums within 10 km1047
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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. 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.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.