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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain.

Arequipa or Auckland?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Auckland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Auckland’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, Auckland 68: Auckland leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Auckland 62: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Auckland 44: Arequipa leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Auckland 42: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Auckland 83: Auckland leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Auckland 55: Auckland leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Auckland 70: Auckland leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Auckland 42: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Auckland 32: Arequipa leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Auckland.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 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.

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaAuckland
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencySol (PEN)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911111
Elevation2,335 m196 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaAuckland
City population1,008,2901,470,100
People per km²1,5512,630
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.