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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Jaipur?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Arequipa leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa and Jaipur are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Jaipur 25: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Jaipur 38: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Jaipur 55: Jaipur leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Jaipur 25: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Jaipur 30: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Jaipur 35: Jaipur leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Jaipur 28: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Jaipur.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Arequipa
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

Wins on shopping and day trips 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
11 hdaylight a day

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
14 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.

Jaipur has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaJaipur
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaHindi, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number111 or 911108 or 112
Elevation2,335 m431 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaJaipur
City population1,008,2903,073,350
People per km²1,551-
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. 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.