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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Austin?

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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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, Austin 30: Austin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa and Austin are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Austin 40: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Austin 65: Austin leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Austin 57: Arequipa leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Austin 58: Austin leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Austin 55: Austin leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Austin 30: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Austin 45: Austin leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Austin 33: Arequipa leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Austin 77: Austin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Austin 40: Austin leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Austin.

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.

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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 recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 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. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaAustin
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m149 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaAustin
City population1,008,290961,855
People per km²1,5511,217
Museums within 10 km321
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.