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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Lima or York?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Lima leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, York 42: Lima leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, York 70: York leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, York 36: Lima leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, York 62: York leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, York 80: York leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, York 60: York leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, York 72: York leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, York 46: Lima leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, York 38: Lima leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, York 38: Lima leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, York 34: York leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and York.

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 prices with your weighting.

York
49match

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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 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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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

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). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaYork
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish
CurrencySol (PEN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112 or 999
Elevation154 m25 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaYork
City population9,943,800208,400
People per km²3,721766
Museums within 10 km4724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.