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The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cusco or Nashville?

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 Cusco for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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. Cusco 3, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Cusco 56, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cusco 81, Nashville 50: Cusco leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Cusco 42, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cusco 86, Nashville 46: Cusco leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Cusco 78, Nashville 52: Cusco leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Cusco 10, Nashville 55: Nashville leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Cusco 48, Nashville 30: Cusco leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cusco 52, Nashville 42: Cusco leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cusco 73, Nashville 30: Cusco leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cusco 30, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco 33, Nashville 20: Cusco leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Nashville.

Your match

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

Cusco
Best match
49match

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

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CuscoNashville

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCuscoNashville
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation3,399 m182 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoNashville
City population428,450689,447
People per km²-506
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.