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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Montevideo?

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 Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Montevideo 57: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Montevideo 54: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Montevideo 34: Arequipa leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa and Montevideo are level on 54.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Montevideo 36: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Montevideo 42: Arequipa leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMontevideo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-3
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m41 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMontevideo
City population1,008,2901,302,954
People per km²1,5511,785
Museums within 10 km336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.