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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Lima or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Lima leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Puerto Iguazu 28: Lima leads by 60 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Puerto Iguazu 9: Lima leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Puerto Iguazu 14: Lima leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Puerto Iguazu 33: Lima leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Puerto Iguazu 17: Lima leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Puerto Iguazu 48: Lima leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Puerto Iguazu 7: Lima leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaPuerto Iguazu
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSpanish
CurrencySol (PEN)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-3
Emergency number111 or 911117 or 911
Elevation154 m162 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaPuerto Iguazu
City population9,943,80054,903
People per km²3,721-
Museums within 10 km470
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. 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.