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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Lima or Valencia?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Valencia for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Valencia 74: Lima leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Valencia 57: Lima leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Valencia.

Your match

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

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaValencia
City population9,943,800840,792
People per km²3,7216,242
Museums within 10 km4745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 months

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. 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.