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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Arequipa?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Arequipa’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. Adelaide 68, Arequipa 8: Adelaide leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Arequipa 66: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Arequipa 64: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Arequipa 36: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Arequipa 74: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Arequipa 30: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Arequipa 35: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Arequipa 54: Adelaide leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide and Arequipa are level on 44.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Arequipa 27: Adelaide leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Arequipa 34: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Arequipa.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Arequipa in July

21 °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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Where the figures come from

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideArequipa
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000111 or 911
Elevation1 m2,335 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideArequipa
City population1,387,2901,008,290
People per km²1,0711,551
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.