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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Prague?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Prague 50: Lima leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Prague 83: Prague leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Prague 65: Prague leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Prague 58: Prague leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Prague 77: Prague leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Prague 50: Prague leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Prague 83: Prague leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Prague 50: Lima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Prague 62: Lima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Prague 76: Prague leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Prague 40: Prague leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Prague.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaPrague

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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaPrague
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCzech
CurrencySol (PEN)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m235 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaPrague
City population9,943,8001,397,880
People per km²3,7212,817
Museums within 10 km4788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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. 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.