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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Oslo?

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 Oslo for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Lima leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Oslo 55: Lima leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Lima and Oslo are level on 66.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Oslo 48: Lima leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Oslo 50: Lima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Oslo 14: Lima leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Oslo.

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.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaOslo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencySol (PEN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation154 m23 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaOslo
City population9,943,800717,710
People per km²3,721-
Museums within 10 km4760
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.