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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Lima or Mostar?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mostar for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Lima leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Mostar 40: Lima leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Mostar 54: Lima leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Mostar 25: Lima leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Mostar 34: Lima leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Mostar 32: Lima leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Mostar 16: Lima leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Mostar 20: Lima leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Mostar.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaMostar

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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMostar
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencySol (PEN)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m60 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMostar
City population9,943,800105,448
People per km²3,72190
Museums within 10 km473
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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. 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.