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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Hong Kong?

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

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Hong Kong 60: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Hong Kong 27: Arequipa leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 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). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaHong Kong
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaStandard Chinese
CurrencySol (PEN)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number111 or 911999
Elevation2,335 m7 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaHong Kong
City population1,008,2907,413,070
People per km²1,551-
Museums within 10 km339
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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.