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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Ljubljana?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Ljubljana 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Ljubljana 55: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Ljubljana 33: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Ljubljana 54: Arequipa leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Ljubljana 42: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Ljubljana.

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.

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips 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
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaLjubljana

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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaLjubljana
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSlovene
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 m309 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaLjubljana
City population1,008,290284,293
People per km²1,5511,736
Museums within 10 km314
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. 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.