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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Halifax?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Halifax for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Halifax leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Halifax 50: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Halifax 42: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Halifax 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Halifax 63: Halifax leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Halifax 55: Halifax leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Halifax 48: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Halifax 35: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Halifax 38: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Halifax 28: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Halifax.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaHalifax

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). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaHalifax
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m28 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaHalifax
City population1,008,290440,072
People per km²1,55180
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.