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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Manchester?

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 Manchester for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Lima leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Manchester 51: Lima leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Manchester 50: Lima leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Manchester 42: Lima leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Manchester 15: Lima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Manchester.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Manchester
Best match
54match

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 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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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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaManchester
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 m38 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaManchester
City population9,943,800547,627
People per km²3,7214,737
Museums within 10 km4728
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.