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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lima or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, New York 92: New York leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, New York 89: New York leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, New York 97: New York leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, New York 55: New York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, New York 68: New York leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, New York 70: New York leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, New York 82: New York leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, New York 97: New York leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, New York 12: Lima leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, New York 99: New York leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, New York 42: New York leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and New York.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaNew York

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). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaNew York
City population9,943,8008,804,190
People per km²3,7217,256
Museums within 10 km47157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months3 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.