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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Geneva?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Geneva for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Geneva 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Geneva 58: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Geneva 38: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Geneva 5: Arequipa leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Geneva.

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.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaGeneva
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencySol (PEN)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m403 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaGeneva
City population1,008,290211,152
People per km²1,55113,280
Museums within 10 km334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.