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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Palm 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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm 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, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Palm Beach 47: Lima leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Palm Beach 45: Lima leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Palm Beach 32: Lima leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Palm Beach 58: Palm Beach leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Palm Beach 62: Palm Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Palm Beach 32: Lima leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Palm Beach 12: Lima leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Palm Beach 45: Lima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaPalm 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). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaPalm Beach
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 m2 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaPalm Beach
City population9,943,8009,245
People per km²3,721322
Museums within 10 km474
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.