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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Toronto?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Lima leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Toronto 70: Lima leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Toronto 50: Lima leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Lima and Toronto are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Toronto 34: Lima leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Toronto.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on families 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaToronto
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation154 m76 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaToronto
City population9,943,8002,794,356
People per km²3,7214,434
Museums within 10 km4732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months1 month

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.