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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Liverpool?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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, Liverpool 22: Lima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Liverpool 48: Lima leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Liverpool 64: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lima and Liverpool are level on 52.
Affordability. Lima 70, Liverpool 50: Lima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Liverpool 22: Lima leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Liverpool.

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
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Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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. Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaLiverpool
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish
CurrencySol (PEN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112 or 999
Elevation154 m70 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaLiverpool
City population9,943,800513,441
People per km²3,7214,592
Museums within 10 km4731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.