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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Boston?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Boston for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Boston’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, Boston 35: Boston leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Boston 64: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Boston 72: Boston leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Boston 47: Boston leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Boston 60: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Boston 72: Boston leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Boston 72: Boston leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Boston 70: Boston leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Boston 55: Boston leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Boston 18: Arequipa leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Boston 72: Boston leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Boston 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 Boston.

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.

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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). Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBoston
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m43 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBoston
City population1,008,290675,647
People per km²1,5512,910
Museums within 10 km351
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.