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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Antibes 80, Arequipa 8: Antibes leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Arequipa 66: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Arequipa 64: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Arequipa 36: Antibes leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Arequipa 74: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Arequipa 30: Antibes leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Arequipa 35: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Arequipa 54: Antibes leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Arequipa 44: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Arequipa 27: Antibes leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Arequipa 34: Antibes leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Arequipa.

Your match

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

Antibes
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesArequipa
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation0 m2,335 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesArequipa
City population77,6371,008,290
People per km²2,9301,551
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.