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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Lima or Miami?

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 for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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 90: Miami leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Miami 72: Lima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Miami 57: Lima leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Miami 82: Miami leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Miami 64: Miami leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Miami 42: Miami leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Miami 64: Miami leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Lima and Miami are level on 35.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Miami 71: Miami leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Miami 27: Lima leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Miami 55: Miami leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Miami 44: Miami leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Miami.

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
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and families 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 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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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: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMiami
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 m2 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMiami
City population9,943,800442,241
People per km²3,7213,046
Museums within 10 km4717
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.