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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • 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. Florence 14, Lima 42: Lima leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Lima 88: Lima leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Lima 66: Florence leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Lima 62: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Lima 45: Florence leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Lima 34: Florence leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Lima 42: Florence leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Lima 35: Florence leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Lima 52: Florence leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Lima 70: Lima leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Lima 53: Florence leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Lima 25: Florence leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Lima.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceLima
Official languageItalianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation50 m154 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceLima
City population360,9309,943,800
People per km²3,5283,721
Museums within 10 km14147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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.