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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Newport Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • families
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Newport Beach 50: Lima leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Newport Beach 20: Lima leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Newport Beach 33: Lima leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Newport Beach 20: Lima leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Newport Beach 15: Lima leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Newport Beach 46: Lima leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on families and day trips 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaNewport Beach

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). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaNewport Beach
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation154 m3 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaNewport Beach
City population9,943,80085,239
People per km²3,721622
Museums within 10 km474
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.