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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Nice?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Nice for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Nice 66: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Nice 64: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Nice 47: Lima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Nice 80: Nice leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Nice 87: Nice leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Nice 57: Nice leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Nice 74: Nice leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Nice 55: Nice leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Nice 35: Lima leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Nice 45: Lima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Nice 40: Nice leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Nice.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaNice
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 m0 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaNice
City population9,943,800357,737
People per km²3,7214,975
Museums within 10 km4717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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. 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.