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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Deer Valley?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Deer Valley for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’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, Deer Valley 10: Deer Valley leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Deer Valley 38: Arequipa leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Deer Valley 15: Arequipa leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Deer Valley 25: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Deer Valley 90: Deer Valley leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Deer Valley 38: Deer Valley leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Deer Valley 60: Deer Valley leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Deer Valley 50: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Deer Valley 25: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Deer Valley 4: Arequipa leads by 78 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Deer Valley 30: Deer Valley leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Deer Valley 52: Deer Valley leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Deer Valley.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on families and wellness 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
11 hdaylight a day

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
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.

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDeer Valley
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m2,474 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDeer Valley
City population1,008,290-
People per km²1,551-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.