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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Kyoto 15, Lima 42: Lima leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Lima 88: Lima leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Lima 66: Kyoto leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Lima 62: Lima leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Lima 45: Kyoto leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Lima 34: Kyoto leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, Lima 42: Kyoto leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Lima 35: Kyoto leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Lima 52: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Lima 70: Lima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Lima 53: Kyoto leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Lima 25: Kyoto leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Lima.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoLima
Official languageJapaneseSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyYen (JPY)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119111 or 911
Elevation51 m154 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoLima
City population1,463,7239,943,800
People per km²1,7683,721
Museums within 10 km7747
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.