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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Tallinn?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Lima leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Tallinn 52: Lima leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Tallinn 44: Lima leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Tallinn 40: Lima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Tallinn 47: Lima leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Tallinn 50: Lima leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Lima
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Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTallinn
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEstonian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m28 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTallinn
City population9,943,800457,572
People per km²3,7212,871
Museums within 10 km4716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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. 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.