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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Perth?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Perth 58: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Perth 42: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Perth 42: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Perth 72: Perth leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Perth 48: Perth leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Perth 74: Perth leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Perth 55: Perth leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Perth 44: Lima leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Perth 28: Lima leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Perth 50: Lima leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Perth 38: Perth leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Perth.

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.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaPerth
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish
CurrencySol (PEN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number111 or 911000
Elevation154 m2 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaPerth
City population9,943,8002,141,834
People per km²3,721334
Museums within 10 km4715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.