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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Macau?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Macau for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Macau leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Macau 77: Macau leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Macau 62: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Macau 40: Macau leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Macau 5: Arequipa leads by 69 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Macau 52: Macau leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Macau 48: Macau leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Macau 60: Macau leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Macau 58: Macau leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Macau 44: Arequipa leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Macau 36: Macau leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Macau 40: Macau leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Macau.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Arequipa
46match

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

Macau
46match

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMacau
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencySol (PEN)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number111 or 911999
Elevation2,335 m22 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMacau
City population1,008,290682,100
People per km²1,5515,916
Museums within 10 km328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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. 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.