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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Tel Aviv?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Tel Aviv 80: Lima leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Tel Aviv 57: Lima leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Tel Aviv 14: Lima leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaTel Aviv

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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTel Aviv
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaHebrew
CurrencySol (PEN)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation154 m5 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTel Aviv
City population9,943,800467,875
People per km²3,7218,998
Museums within 10 km4798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months7 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.