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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Atlanta?

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 Arequipa for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Atlanta for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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. Arequipa 8, Atlanta 10: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Atlanta 55: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Atlanta 60: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Atlanta 52: Atlanta leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Atlanta 28: Arequipa leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Atlanta 50: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Atlanta 40: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Atlanta 33: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Atlanta.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Atlanta
Best match
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaAtlanta

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.

Atlanta 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaAtlanta
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m225 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaAtlanta
City population1,008,290498,715
People per km²1,5511,433
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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