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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Lima or London?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose London for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Lima leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, London 84: Lima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, London 94: London leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, London 88: London leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, London 57: London leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, London 90: London leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, London 82: London leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, London 85: London leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, London 95: London leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, London 15: Lima leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, London 98: London leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, London 40: London leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and London.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaLondon

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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaLondon
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 m4 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaLondon
City population9,943,8008,799,728
People per km²3,7215,598
Museums within 10 km47216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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. 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.