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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Las Vegas?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Las Vegas 25: Arequipa leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Las Vegas 68: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Las Vegas 25: Arequipa leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Las Vegas 25: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Las Vegas 38: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Las Vegas 35: Arequipa leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaLas Vegas
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m610 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaLas Vegas
City population1,008,290641,903
People per km²1,5511,843
Museums within 10 km321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.