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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Arequipa or Frankfurt?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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 and Frankfurt are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Frankfurt 52: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Frankfurt 60: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Frankfurt 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Frankfurt 38: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

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
11 hdaylight a day

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaFrankfurt
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m101 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaFrankfurt
City population1,008,290760,656
People per km²1,5513,063
Museums within 10 km353
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. 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.