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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Miami Beach?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Miami Beach 62: Lima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Miami Beach 52: Lima leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Miami Beach 58: Miami Beach leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Miami Beach 20: Lima leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Miami Beach.

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.

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaMiami Beach

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). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMiami Beach
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation154 m1 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMiami Beach
City population9,943,80082,890
People per km²3,7212,109
Museums within 10 km4714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.