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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Lima or Paris?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Paris for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Lima leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Paris 96: Paris leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Paris 97: Paris leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Paris 80: Paris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Paris 52: Paris leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Paris 92: Paris leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Paris 79: Paris leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Paris 88: Paris leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Paris 98: Paris leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Paris 25: Lima leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Paris 88: Paris leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Paris 40: Paris leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Paris.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaParis

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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaParis
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 m27 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaParis
City population9,943,8002,103,778
People per km²3,72119,960
Museums within 10 km47251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.