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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Antwerp 15, Arequipa 8: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Arequipa 66: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Arequipa 64: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Arequipa 36: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Arequipa 74: Arequipa leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Arequipa 30: Antwerp leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Arequipa 35: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Arequipa 54: Antwerp leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Arequipa 44: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Arequipa 27: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Arequipa 34: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Arequipa.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Antwerp has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

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. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpArequipa
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, 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
Elevation7 m2,335 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpArequipa
City population529,2471,008,290
People per km²2,5421,551
Museums within 10 km383
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.