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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Jerusalem 40, Lima 42: Lima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Lima 88: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Lima 66: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Lima 62: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Lima 45: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Lima 34: Jerusalem leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Lima 42: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Lima 35: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Lima 52: Lima leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Lima 70: Lima leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Lima 53: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Lima 25: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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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Where the figures come from

Jerusalem 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemLima
Official languageHebrewSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102111 or 911
Elevation754 m154 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemLima
City population1,050,1519,943,800
People per km²8,3743,721
Museums within 10 km6947
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km72
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.