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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Maastricht?

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 Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Lima leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Maastricht 58: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Maastricht 60: Lima leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Maastricht 42: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Maastricht 38: Lima leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Maastricht 40: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Maastricht.

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 beaches and prices with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMaastricht
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaDutch
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m49 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMaastricht
City population9,943,800120,227
People per km²3,7212,000
Museums within 10 km4721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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. 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.