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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Bariloche?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Bariloche for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Bariloche’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, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Bariloche 44: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Bariloche 27: Arequipa leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Bariloche 33: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Bariloche 94: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Bariloche 38: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Bariloche 55: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Bariloche 44: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Bariloche 33: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Bariloche 46: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa and Bariloche are level on 27.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Bariloche 40: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Bariloche.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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 recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBariloche
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSpanish
CurrencySol (PEN)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-3
Emergency number111 or 911117 or 911
Elevation2,335 m794 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBariloche
City population1,008,290136,381
People per km²1,551619
Museums within 10 km33
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. 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.