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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 yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Fort Lauderdale?

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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Fort Lauderdale 47: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Fort Lauderdale 28: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Fort Lauderdale 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Fort Lauderdale 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Fort Lauderdale 32: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Fort Lauderdale 32: Arequipa leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Fort Lauderdale.

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.

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaFort Lauderdale

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). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaFort Lauderdale
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m11 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaFort Lauderdale
City population1,008,290182,760
People per km²1,5511,829
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.