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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Cordoba?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Cordoba 62: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Cordoba 45: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Cordoba 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Cordoba 63: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Cordoba.

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.

Cordoba
Best match
52match

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaCordoba
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 m120 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaCordoba
City population1,008,290323,262
People per km²1,551258
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

Where else could you go?

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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.