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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Lima or Sarajevo?

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

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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, Sarajevo 6: Lima leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Sarajevo 60: Lima leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Sarajevo 64: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Sarajevo 44: Lima leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Sarajevo 38: Lima leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Sarajevo 40: Lima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Sarajevo 40: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Lima
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Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaSarajevo

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). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaSarajevo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencySol (PEN)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m518 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaSarajevo
City population9,943,800275,524
People per km²3,7211,947
Museums within 10 km4725
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.