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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn

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

Arequipa or Innsbruck?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Innsbruck for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Innsbruck’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, Innsbruck 20: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Innsbruck 40: Arequipa leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Innsbruck 58: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Innsbruck 38: Innsbruck leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Innsbruck 96: Innsbruck leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Innsbruck 72: Innsbruck leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Innsbruck 62: Innsbruck leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Innsbruck 78: Innsbruck leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Innsbruck 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Innsbruck 38: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Innsbruck 45: Innsbruck leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Innsbruck 45: Innsbruck leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Innsbruck.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Innsbruck
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaInnsbruck

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). Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaInnsbruck
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m574 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaInnsbruck
City population1,008,290132,499
People per km²1,5511,263
Museums within 10 km328
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.