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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Lima 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Lima 88: Lima leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Lima 66: Lima leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Lima 62: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Lima 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Lima 34: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Lima 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Lima 35: Lima leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale and Lima are level on 52.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Lima 70: Lima leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Lima 53: Lima leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Lima 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale 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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Fort LauderdaleLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleLima
Official language-Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation11 m154 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleLima
City population182,7609,943,800
People per km²1,8293,721
Museums within 10 km647
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.