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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Faro 74, Lima 42: Faro leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Lima 88: Lima leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Lima 66: Lima leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Lima 62: Lima leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Lima 45: Faro leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Lima 34: Faro leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Lima 42: Faro leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Lima 35: Faro leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Lima 52: Lima leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Lima 70: Lima leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Lima 53: Lima leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Lima 25: Faro leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro 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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroLima
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation10 m154 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroLima
City population64,5609,943,800
People per km²3193,721
Museums within 10 km247
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.