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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Riga?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Riga for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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, Riga 40: Lima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Riga 52: Lima leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Lima and Riga are level on 66.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Riga 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Riga 55: Riga leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Riga 60: Riga leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Riga 50: Riga leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Riga 68: Riga leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Riga 45: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Riga 62: Lima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Riga 65: Riga leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Riga 50: Riga leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Riga.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

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

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaRiga
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaLatvian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m6 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLimaRiga
City population9,943,800588,911
People per km²3,721-
Museums within 10 km4712
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. 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.