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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Lima or Reykjavik?

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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Lima leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Reykjavik 42: Lima leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Reykjavik 25: Lima leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Reykjavik 45: Lima leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Reykjavik 35: Reykjavik leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Reykjavik 25: Lima leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Reykjavik 6: Lima leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Reykjavik 45: Lima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 63 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaReykjavik

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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaReykjavik
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaIcelandic
CurrencySol (PEN)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m8 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaReykjavik
City population9,943,800138,772
People per km²3,721569
Museums within 10 km4723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.