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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • 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. Granada 38, Lima 42: Lima leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Lima 88: Lima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Lima 66: Granada leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Lima 62: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Lima 45: Granada leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Lima 34: Granada leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Lima 42: Granada leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Lima 35: Granada leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Lima 52: Lima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Lima 70: Lima leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Lima 53: Granada leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Lima 25: Granada leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Lima.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaLima
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation693 m154 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaLima
City population233,9759,943,800
People per km²2,6593,721
Museums within 10 km2047
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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.