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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Montpellier?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Montpellier 64: Lima leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Montpellier 60: Lima leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Montpellier 56: Lima leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Montpellier 47: Lima leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Montpellier 50: Lima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Montpellier 42: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Montpellier.

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 prices with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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LimaMontpellier

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). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMontpellier
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 m7 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMontpellier
City population9,943,800310,240
People per km²3,7215,452
Museums within 10 km4714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.