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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Lima or Lisbon?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Lisbon 75: Lima leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Lisbon 55: Lima leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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. Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaLisbon
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPortuguese
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m100 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaLisbon
City population9,943,800545,796
People per km²3,7215,453
Museums within 10 km4780
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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). 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. 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.