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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Montreal?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Montreal 60: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Montreal 66: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Montreal 45: Arequipa leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMontreal
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m31 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMontreal
City population1,008,2901,895,211
People per km²1,5513,806
Museums within 10 km337
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.