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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Bordeaux?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Bordeaux 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Bordeaux 57: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Bordeaux 42: Arequipa leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Bordeaux 55: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBordeaux
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m1 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBordeaux
City population1,008,290267,991
People per km²1,5515,425
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.