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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Bucharest?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Bucharest for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bucharest’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 and Bucharest are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Bucharest 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Bucharest 58: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Bucharest 70: Bucharest leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Bucharest 45: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Bucharest 52: Bucharest leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Bucharest 52: Bucharest leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Bucharest 52: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Bucharest 45: Bucharest leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Bucharest 70: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Bucharest 60: Bucharest leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Bucharest 47: Bucharest leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Bucharest.

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 prices with your weighting.

Bucharest
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife 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

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 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). Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaBucharest
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaRomanian
CurrencySol (PEN)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m70 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaBucharest
City population1,008,2901,716,961
People per km²1,5517,597
Museums within 10 km341
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. 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.