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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Marseille?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Marseille for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Marseille 67: Lima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Marseille 63: Lima leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Marseille 57: Lima leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Marseille 50: Marseille leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Marseille 47: Lima leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Marseille 45: Lima leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Marseille.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaMarseille

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). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMarseille
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 m0 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMarseille
City population9,943,800886,040
People per km²3,7213,683
Museums within 10 km4727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months2 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.