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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Vilnius?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Lima leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Vilnius 50: Lima leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Lima and Vilnius are level on 66.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Vilnius 46: Lima leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Vilnius 38: Lima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Vilnius 64: Lima leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Vilnius.

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 food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaVilnius
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaLithuanian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m98 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaVilnius
City population9,943,800619,405
People per km²3,7211,545
Museums within 10 km4731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.