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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Arequipa or Hobart?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hobart for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Hobart 60: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Hobart 56: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Hobart 30: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Hobart 45: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Hobart 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Hobart 35: Arequipa leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaHobart
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish
CurrencySol (PEN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911000
Elevation2,335 m54 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaHobart
City population1,008,290197,451
People per km²1,551116
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.