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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Taipei?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Lima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Lima and Taipei are level on 88.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Taipei 58: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Taipei 66: Lima leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Taipei.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Taipei has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTaipei
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencySol (PEN)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number111 or 911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation154 m10 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTaipei
City population9,943,8002,429,429
People per km²3,7218,938
Museums within 10 km4769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months8 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. 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.