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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Florianopolis 85, Lima 42: Florianopolis leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Lima 88: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Lima 66: Lima leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Lima 62: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Lima 45: Florianopolis leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Lima 34: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Lima 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Lima 35: Lima leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Lima 52: Lima leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Lima 70: Lima leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Lima 53: Lima leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Lima 25: Florianopolis leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florianopolis
52match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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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FlorianopolisLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisLima
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCN60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193111 or 911
Elevation3 m154 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisLima
City population587,4869,943,800
People per km²8703,721
Museums within 10 km1147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.