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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • 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. Dresden 10, Lima 42: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Lima 88: Lima leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Lima 66: Dresden leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Lima 62: Lima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Lima 45: Dresden leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Lima 34: Dresden leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Lima 42: Dresden leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Lima 35: Dresden leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Lima 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Lima 70: Lima leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Lima 53: Dresden leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Lima 25: Dresden leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Lima.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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DresdenLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenLima
Official languageGermanSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation126 m154 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenLima
City population562,7649,943,800
People per km²1,7133,721
Museums within 10 km7047
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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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). 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. 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. 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.