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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Lima or Strasbourg?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Strasbourg 66: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Strasbourg 40: Lima leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Lima and Strasbourg are level on 52.
Affordability. Lima 70, Strasbourg 44: Lima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaStrasbourg
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m132 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaStrasbourg
City population9,943,800293,771
People per km²3,7213,752
Museums within 10 km4721
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.