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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Lima or The Hague?

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 The Hague for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Lima leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, The Hague 48: Lima leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Lima and The Hague are level on 66.
Nightlife. Lima 62, The Hague 38: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, The Hague 35: Lima leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and The Hague.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaThe Hague
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaThe Hague
City population9,943,800548,320
People per km²3,7215,589
Museums within 10 km4754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.