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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Nuremberg?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Lima leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Nuremberg 53: Lima leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Nuremberg 40: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Nuremberg 56: Nuremberg leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Nuremberg 45: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Nuremberg 50: Lima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Nuremberg 52: Lima leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaNuremberg
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m209 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaNuremberg
City population9,943,800531,159
People per km²3,7212,848
Museums within 10 km4750
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. 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.