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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Da Nang?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’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, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Da Nang 38: Arequipa leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Da Nang 72: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Da Nang 38: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Da Nang 40: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Da Nang 20: Arequipa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

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

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDa Nang
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaVietnamese
CurrencySol (PEN)Dong (VND)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number111 or 911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation2,335 m19 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDa Nang
City population1,008,2902,819,900
People per km²1,551238
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.