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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Denver?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Denver for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Denver 54: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Denver 44: Arequipa leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Denver 47: Denver leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Denver 84: Denver leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Denver 57: Denver leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Denver 67: Denver leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Denver 40: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa and Denver are level on 44.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Denver 36: Arequipa leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Denver 66: Denver leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Denver 40: Denver leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Denver.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Denver
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDenver
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 m1,609 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDenver
City population1,008,290715,522
People per km²1,5511,783
Museums within 10 km326
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. 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.