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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Lima or Salzburg?

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 Salzburg for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Lima leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Salzburg 45: Lima leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Salzburg 25: Lima leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Salzburg 48: Lima leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Salzburg 32: Lima leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Salzburg.

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 prices with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 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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LimaSalzburg

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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaSalzburg
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m424 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaSalzburg
City population9,943,800155,021
People per km²3,7212,360
Museums within 10 km4738
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.