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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Tirana?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tirana for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Tirana 57: Lima leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Tirana 42: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Tirana 58: Lima leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Tirana 40: Lima leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Tirana 32: Lima leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Tirana 32: Lima leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Tirana 27: Tirana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Tirana.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTirana
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaAlbanian
CurrencySol (PEN)Lek (ALL)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m110 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTirana
City population9,943,800389,323
People per km²3,7219,314
Museums within 10 km4711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 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. 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.