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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Tampa?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Tampa 57: Lima leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Tampa 42: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Tampa 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Tampa 54: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Tampa 22: Lima leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Tampa 40: Lima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Tampa 40: Lima leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Tampa 47: Lima leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Tampa 30: Tampa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTampa
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation154 m30 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTampa
City population9,943,800384,959
People per km²3,721848
Museums within 10 km476
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. 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.