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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Scottsdale?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Lima leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Scottsdale 46: Lima leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Scottsdale 38: Lima leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Scottsdale 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Scottsdale 50: Scottsdale leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Scottsdale 20: Lima leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Scottsdale 32: Lima leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Scottsdale 40: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
46match

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaScottsdale

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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaScottsdale
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-7
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation154 m380 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaScottsdale
City population9,943,800241,361
People per km²3,721-
Museums within 10 km4710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.