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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Lima or Zadar?

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
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Zadar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Zadar 45: Lima leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Zadar 55: Lima leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Zadar 38: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Zadar 27: Lima leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Zadar 52: Lima leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Zadar 28: Lima leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Lima
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Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
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Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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.

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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaZadar
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaZadar
City population9,943,80070,779
People per km²3,721-
Museums within 10 km471
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.