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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Lima or Valletta?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Valletta 55: Lima leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Valletta 46: Lima leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Valletta 38: Lima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Valletta 50: Lima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Valletta 44: Lima leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LimaValletta

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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaValletta
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, Maltese
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m56 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaValletta
City population9,943,8005,197
People per km²3,7216,496
Museums within 10 km4716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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.