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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Krakow?

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
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Krakow for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Krakow 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Krakow 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Krakow 72: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Krakow 36: Krakow leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Krakow.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and nightlife 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
16 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). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaKrakow
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPolish
CurrencySol (PEN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m219 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaKrakow
City population1,008,290804,237
People per km²1,5512,459
Museums within 10 km3113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.