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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Hamburg?

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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Hamburg 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Hamburg 62: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Hamburg 52: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Hamburg 38: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Hamburg.

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.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaHamburg
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 m6 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaHamburg
City population1,008,2901,869,473
People per km²1,5512,476
Museums within 10 km377
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.