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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Bangkok?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bangkok’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, Bangkok 12: Bangkok leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Bangkok 25: Arequipa leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Bangkok 72: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Bangkok 50: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Bangkok 50: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Bangkok 52: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Bangkok 75: Bangkok leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Bangkok.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBangkok
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaThai
CurrencySol (PEN)Baht (THB)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number111 or 911Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation2,335 m2 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBangkok
City population1,008,2905,676,648
People per km²1,5513,619
Museums within 10 km359
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.