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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Lima or Limassol?

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 Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Limassol for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Limassol’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. Lima 42, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Limassol 58: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Limassol 38: Lima leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Limassol 50: Lima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Limassol 65: Limassol leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Limassol 76: Limassol leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Limassol 38: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Limassol 42: Lima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Limassol 44: Lima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Limassol 32: Lima leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Limassol.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Limassol
52match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Limassol in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Limassol 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.

Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaLimassol
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m10 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaLimassol
City population9,943,800107,970
People per km²3,7212,405
Museums within 10 km472
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.