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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Thessaloniki?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Thessaloniki 77: Lima leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Thessaloniki 50: Lima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Thessaloniki 66: Lima leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Thessaloniki 52: Lima leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaThessaloniki

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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaThessaloniki
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGreek
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 m6 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaThessaloniki
City population9,943,800309,617
People per km²3,72116,042
Museums within 10 km4732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 months

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.