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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Seville?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Lima leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Seville 73: Lima leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Seville 82: Seville leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Lima and Seville are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Seville 52: Seville leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Seville 80: Seville leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Seville 72: Seville leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Seville 58: Lima leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Seville 68: Seville leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Seville 40: Seville leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Seville.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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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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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaSeville
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaSeville
City population9,943,800689,423
People per km²3,7214,896
Museums within 10 km4724
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. 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.