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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Lima or Toulouse?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Toulouse 66: Lima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Toulouse 64: Lima leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Toulouse 56: Lima leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Toulouse 50: Lima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Toulouse 46: Lima leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Toulouse 27: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Toulouse.

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 beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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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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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaToulouse
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m115 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaToulouse
City population9,943,800514,819
People per km²3,7214,352
Museums within 10 km4724
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.