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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Daytona 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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona 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, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Daytona Beach 36: Arequipa leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Daytona Beach 30: Arequipa leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Daytona Beach 40: Daytona Beach leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Daytona Beach 56: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Daytona Beach 66: Daytona Beach leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Daytona Beach 60: Daytona Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Daytona Beach 18: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Daytona Beach 27: Arequipa leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Daytona Beach 46: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Daytona Beach 30: Daytona Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Daytona 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 Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Daytona Beach
43match

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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 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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ArequipaDaytona Beach

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). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDaytona 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 m4 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDaytona Beach
City population1,008,29072,647
People per km²1,551440
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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.