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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Hoi An?

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
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Hoi An 28: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Hoi An 63: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Hoi An 50: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Hoi An 48: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Hoi An 24: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Hoi An.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaHoi An
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 m13 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaHoi An
City population1,008,290121,716
People per km²1,551-
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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.