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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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. Delhi 4, Lima 42: Lima leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Lima 88: Lima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Lima 66: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Lima 62: Lima leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Lima 45: Lima leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Lima 34: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Lima 42: Lima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Lima 35: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Lima 52: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Lima 70: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Lima 53: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi and Lima are level on 25.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Lima
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiLima
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112111 or 911
Elevation221 m154 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiLima
City population26,495,0009,943,800
People per km²18,9623,721
Museums within 10 km2347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Delhi or Lima somewhere new.

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.