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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Los Angeles?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 49 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Los Angeles 25: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Los Angeles 24: Arequipa leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaLos Angeles
City population1,008,2903,898,747
People per km²1,5512,994
Museums within 10 km339
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.