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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Windhoek?

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 Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Lima leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Windhoek 36: Lima leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Windhoek 30: Lima leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Windhoek 25: Lima leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Windhoek 14: Lima leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Windhoek 30: Lima leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Windhoek 22: Lima leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Windhoek 30: Lima leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Windhoek 62: Lima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Windhoek 18: Lima leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaWindhoek
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish
CurrencySol (PEN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation154 m1,650 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaWindhoek
City population9,943,800486,169
People per km²3,72195
Museums within 10 km475
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.