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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Hanoi?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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, Hanoi 6: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Hanoi 52: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Hanoi 58: Hanoi leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Arequipa and Hanoi are level on 35.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Hanoi 36: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Hanoi 46: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 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.

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaHanoi
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaVietnamese
CurrencySol (PEN)Dong (VND)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number111 or 911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation2,335 m10 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaHanoi
City population1,008,2908,717,600
People per km²1,5512,595
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.