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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lima or Tromso?

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 Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Lima leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Tromso 36: Lima leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Tromso 27: Lima leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Tromso 38: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Tromso 14: Lima leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Tromso 15: Lima leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Tromso 11: Lima leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Tromso 32: Lima leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Tromso.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaTromso

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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTromso
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencySol (PEN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation154 m20 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTromso
City population9,943,80079,943
People per km²3,72132
Museums within 10 km478
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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. 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.