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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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. Antalya 82, Arequipa 8: Antalya leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Arequipa 66: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Arequipa 64: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Arequipa 36: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Arequipa 74: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Arequipa 30: Antalya leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Arequipa 35: Antalya leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Arequipa 54: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya and Arequipa are level on 44.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Arequipa 27: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Arequipa 34: Antalya leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Arequipa.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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AntalyaArequipa

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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaArequipa
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation30 m2,335 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaArequipa
City population2,426,3561,008,290
People per km²1,7121,551
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.