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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Toledo?

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
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Lima leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Toledo 40: Lima leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Toledo 22: Lima leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Toledo 40: Lima leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Toledo 32: Lima leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Toledo 58: Lima leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Toledo 22: Lima leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Toledo 30: Toledo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Toledo.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaToledo

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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaToledo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaToledo
City population9,943,80087,216
People per km²3,721376
Museums within 10 km4713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.