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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Lyon?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Lyon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Lyon’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, Lyon 12: Lima leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Lyon 84: Lima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Lyon 58: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Lyon 42: Lima leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Lyon.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

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

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaLyon
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m160 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaLyon
City population9,943,800519,127
People per km²3,72110,838
Museums within 10 km4743
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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.