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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Lima 42: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Lima 88: Lima leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Lima 66: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Lima 62: Lima leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Lima 45: Dubrovnik leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Lima 34: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Lima 42: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Lima 35: Dubrovnik leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Lima 52: Lima leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Lima 70: Lima leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Lima 53: Lima leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Lima 25: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik 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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 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

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikLima
Official languageCroatianSpanish, 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
Elevation10 m154 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikLima
City population41,5629,943,800
People per km²-3,721
Museums within 10 km747
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.