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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Doha?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Doha for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Doha’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, Doha 45: Doha leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Doha 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Doha 55: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Doha 20: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Doha 7: Arequipa leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Doha 5: Arequipa leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Doha 60: Doha leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Doha 45: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Doha 60: Doha leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Doha 38: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Doha 30: Doha leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Doha 38: Doha leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Doha.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
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). Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDoha
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaArabic
CurrencySol (PEN)Qatari Rial (QAR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+3
Emergency number111 or 911999
Elevation2,335 m0 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDoha
City population1,008,2901,186,023
People per km²1,5518,985
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. 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.