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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Genoa 62, Lima 42: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Lima 88: Lima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Lima 66: Genoa leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Lima 62: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Lima 45: Genoa leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Lima 34: Genoa leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Lima 42: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Lima 35: Genoa leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Lima 52: Lima leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Lima 70: Lima leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Lima 53: Lima leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Lima 25: Genoa leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Lima.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaLima
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
Elevation20 m154 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaLima
City population558,7459,943,800
People per km²2,3253,721
Museums within 10 km5147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.