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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Izmir?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Izmir for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Izmir 55: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Izmir 66: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Izmir 66: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Izmir.

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.

Izmir
Best match
62match

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaIzmir
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaTurkish
CurrencySol (PEN)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+3
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m2 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaIzmir
City population1,008,2904,493,242
People per km²1,5514,760
Museums within 10 km329
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.