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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Cork?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cork for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’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, Cork 25: Cork leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Cork 58: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Cork 40: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Cork 40: Cork leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Cork 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Cork 68: Cork leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Cork 50: Cork leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Cork 58: Cork leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Cork 40: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Cork 33: Arequipa leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Cork 45: Cork leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Cork 22: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Cork.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Cork
45match

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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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.

Cork's station stands 153 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). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaCork
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, Irish
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m0 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaCork
City population1,008,290222,333
People per km²1,5515,961
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.