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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Manaus?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Manaus 56: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Manaus 46: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Manaus 12: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Arequipa and Manaus are level on 35.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Manaus 27: Arequipa leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Manaus 36: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Manaus 63: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Manaus 20: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Manaus.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaManaus
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPortuguese
CurrencySol (PEN)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-4
Emergency number111 or 911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2,335 m92 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaManaus
City population1,008,2902,303,732
People per km²1,551202
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.