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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Lima for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Huntington Beach 70, Lima 42: Huntington Beach leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Lima 88: Lima leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Lima 66: Lima leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Lima 62: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Lima 45: Huntington Beach leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Lima 34: Huntington Beach leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Lima 42: Huntington Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Lima 35: Lima leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Lima 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Lima 70: Lima leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Lima 53: Lima leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Lima 25: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Lima.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
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.

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Huntington BeachLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachLima
Official language-Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation12 m154 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachLima
City population198,7119,943,800
People per km²2,4063,721
Museums within 10 km347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.