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The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lima or Zagreb?

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 Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Lima leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lima 88, Zagreb 55: Lima leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Lima 66, Zagreb 56: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Lima 62, Zagreb 47: Lima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lima 45, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lima 34, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Lima 42, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Lima 35, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Lima 52, Zagreb 40: Lima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Lima 70, Zagreb 60: Lima leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lima 53, Zagreb 52: Lima leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lima 25, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lima and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

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

Zagreb
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimaZagreb
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 m127 m
Main airportJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimaZagreb
City population9,943,800767,131
People per km²3,721-
Museums within 10 km4727
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. 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.