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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Lima or Mumbai?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Lima leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Mumbai 82: Lima leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Mumbai 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Mumbai 35: Lima leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Mumbai 24: Lima leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaMumbai
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaHindi, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number111 or 911108 or 112
Elevation154 m14 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLimaMumbai
City population9,943,80015,414,288
People per km²3,72125,563
Museums within 10 km471
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.