Climate
Lima logs 8 outdoor-dinner months a year to Tacna's 5 — Lima wins by 3. Tacna also leads on sunny days by 34.
Lima
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Dinner outside
Tacna
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Lima averages $1,015/mo for balanced living; Tacna has no cost baseline yet.
Lima
$1,015monthly · balanced
Mobility
Lima scores 2.2 on mobility (0–5 scale); Tacna has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Lima's culture score of 3.5 sits well above Tacna's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Lima scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Tacna has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Lima scores 1.2 on safety (0–5 scale); Tacna has no safety baseline.
Career
Lima scores 3.2 on career (0–5 scale); Tacna has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Lima scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Tacna has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Lima scores 3.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Tacna has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Lima scores 2.5 on family (0–5 scale); Tacna has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Lima scores 2.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Tacna has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Lima averages 26.7 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Tacna's 15.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Tacna breathes ~43% cleaner air (11.4 µg/m³ lower).
Lima
Tacna
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Lima (10.8M) and Tacna (342K) are 32x in population — Lima is the larger metro, Tacna the smaller; on land area Lima spans roughly 21x more ground.
Lima is roughly 25x the scale of Tacna
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
Lima
Tacna
Who Thrives Here
Lima favours the big city energy, while Tacna suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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