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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Lima or Turin?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Lima leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Turin 81: Lima leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Turin 78: Turin leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Turin 50: Lima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Turin 80: Turin leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Turin 84: Turin leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Turin 57: Turin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Turin 68: Turin leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Turin 58: Turin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Turin 58: Lima leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Turin 65: Turin leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Turin 40: Turin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Turin.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Turin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaTurin
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaItalian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m239 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaTurin
City population9,943,800841,600
People per km²3,7216,474
Museums within 10 km4772
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.