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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Belgrade?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’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, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Belgrade 60: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Belgrade 52: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Belgrade 50: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Belgrade 45: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Belgrade 42: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Belgrade 70: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Belgrade 30: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Belgrade.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBelgrade
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSerbian
CurrencySol (PEN)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation2,335 m117 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBelgrade
City population1,008,2901,197,714
People per km²1,5513,327
Museums within 10 km365
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. 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.