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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Copenhagen?

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

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

Choose Copenhagen for

  • families
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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, Copenhagen 40: Copenhagen leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Copenhagen 76: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Copenhagen 60: Copenhagen leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Copenhagen 45: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Copenhagen 18: Arequipa leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Copenhagen 55: Copenhagen leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Copenhagen.

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.

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 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). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaCopenhagen
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaDanish
CurrencySol (PEN)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCEFK230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m14 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaCopenhagen
City population1,008,290667,099
People per km²1,5517,339
Museums within 10 km372
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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. 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.