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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Stuttgart?

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 Stuttgart for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Lima leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Stuttgart 58: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Stuttgart 62: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Stuttgart 42: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Stuttgart 40: Lima leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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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LimaStuttgart

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). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaStuttgart
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaStuttgart
City population9,943,800609,365
People per km²3,7212,938
Museums within 10 km4742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.