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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Orlando?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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 and Orlando are level on 42.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Orlando 48: Lima leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Orlando 22: Lima leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Orlando 40: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Orlando 46: Orlando leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Orlando 8: Lima leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Orlando 36: Lima leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Orlando 40: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Orlando 32: Orlando leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Orlando.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaOrlando
City population9,943,800334,854
People per km²3,7211,086
Museums within 10 km4711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.