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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Rovaniemi?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rovaniemi for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Rovaniemi 25: Lima leads by 63 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Rovaniemi 22: Lima leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Rovaniemi 15: Lima leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Rovaniemi 78: Rovaniemi leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Rovaniemi 8: Lima leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Rovaniemi 72: Rovaniemi leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Rovaniemi 36: Rovaniemi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Rovaniemi 18: Lima leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Rovaniemi 18: Lima leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Rovaniemi 22: Lima leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Rovaniemi 60: Rovaniemi leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Rovaniemi.

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 prices with your weighting.

Rovaniemi
32match

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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
22 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rovaniemi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaRovaniemi
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFinnish, Swedish
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 m88 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaRovaniemi
City population9,943,80065,329
People per km²3,7219
Museums within 10 km476
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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.