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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Porto?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Lima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Porto 70: Lima leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Porto 68: Porto leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Porto 65: Porto leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Porto 64: Porto leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Porto 79: Porto leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Porto 52: Porto leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Porto 66: Porto leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Lima and Porto are level on 52.
Affordability. Lima 70, Porto 62: Lima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Porto 52: Lima leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Porto 34: Porto leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Porto.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaPorto

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). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaPorto
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPortuguese
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m104 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaPorto
City population9,943,800273,476
People per km²3,7216,606
Museums within 10 km4742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. 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.