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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Bergen?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Bergen for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bergen’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, Bergen 20: Bergen leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Bergen 47: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Bergen 55: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Bergen 40: Bergen leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Bergen 88: Bergen leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Bergen 38: Bergen leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Bergen 60: Bergen leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Bergen 33: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Bergen 12: Arequipa leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Bergen 58: Bergen leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Bergen 32: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Bergen.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Bergen
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
15 °Csea
18 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). Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBergen
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencySol (PEN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,335 m5 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBergen
City population1,008,290291,189
People per km²1,5513,339
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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