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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Arequipa or Cadiz?

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
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Cadiz 62: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Cadiz 45: Cadiz leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Cadiz 66: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Cadiz 60: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Cadiz 35: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Cadiz 58: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Cadiz 52: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Cadiz 42: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches 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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaCadiz
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSpanish
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m11 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaCadiz
City population1,008,290109,950
People per km²1,5519,087
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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. 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.