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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Savannah?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Savannah for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Savannah 58: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Savannah 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Savannah 42: Lima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Savannah 35: Lima leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Savannah 40: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Savannah.

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
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaSavannah
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation154 m15 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaSavannah
City population9,943,800147,780
People per km²3,721524
Museums within 10 km4719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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. 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.