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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Maastricht?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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 and Maastricht are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Maastricht 58: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Maastricht 60: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Maastricht 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Maastricht 38: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMaastricht
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaDutch
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 m49 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMaastricht
City population1,008,290120,227
People per km²1,5512,000
Museums within 10 km321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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.