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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Brussels?

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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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, Brussels 18: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Brussels 72: Brussels leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Brussels 74: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Brussels 60: Brussels leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Brussels 45: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Brussels 89: Brussels leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Brussels 60: Brussels leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Brussels 72: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Brussels 62: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Brussels 40: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Brussels 68: Brussels leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Brussels 33: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Brussels.

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.

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBrussels
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, German, Dutch
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 m70 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBrussels
City population1,008,290195,546
People per km²1,5515,908
Museums within 10 km3106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km110

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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.