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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Dublin?

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
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Dublin 50: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa and Dublin are level on 64.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Dublin 70: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Dublin 20: Arequipa leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Dublin 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 Dublin.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaDublin
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish, Irish
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m20 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaDublin
City population1,008,290592,713
People per km²1,5515,154
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.