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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0.

Arequipa or Cocoa Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’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, Cocoa Beach 80: Cocoa Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Cocoa Beach 32: Arequipa leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Cocoa Beach 12: Arequipa leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Cocoa Beach 27: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Cocoa Beach 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Cocoa Beach 52: Cocoa Beach leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Cocoa Beach 72: Cocoa Beach leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Cocoa Beach 22: Arequipa leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Cocoa Beach 20: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Cocoa Beach 40: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Cocoa Beach 14: Arequipa leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °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.

Cocoa Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaCocoa Beach
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 m0 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaCocoa Beach
City population1,008,29011,354
People per km²1,551290
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-11 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.