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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Baden-Baden?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Baden-Baden’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 and Baden-Baden are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Baden-Baden 45: Arequipa leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Baden-Baden 52: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Baden-Baden 15: Arequipa leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Baden-Baden 70: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Baden-Baden 78: Baden-Baden leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Baden-Baden 50: Baden-Baden leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Baden-Baden 62: Baden-Baden leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Baden-Baden 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Baden-Baden 30: Arequipa leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Baden-Baden 58: Baden-Baden leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Baden-Baden 96: Baden-Baden leads by 62 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Baden-Baden.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Baden-Baden
Best match
50match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBaden-Baden
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m181 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBaden-Baden
City population1,008,29056,952
People per km²1,551406
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.