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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Lima or Singapore?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Lima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Lima and Singapore are level on 88.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Singapore 62: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Singapore 50: Lima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima and Singapore are level on 45.
Day trips. Lima 34, Singapore 25: Lima leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Singapore 25: Lima leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Singapore 50: Lima leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Singapore.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaSingapore

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). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaSingapore
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencySol (PEN)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number111 or 911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation154 m21 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaSingapore
City population9,943,8005,866,139
People per km²3,7218,158
Museums within 10 km4740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.