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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Delhi?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Delhi for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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, Delhi 4: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Delhi 20: Arequipa leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Delhi 32: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Delhi 25: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Delhi.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDelhi
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaHindi, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number111 or 911108 or 112
Elevation2,335 m221 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDelhi
City population1,008,29026,495,000
People per km²1,55118,962
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.