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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Mostar?

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

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Mostar for

  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Mostar 40: Arequipa leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Mostar 54: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Mostar 25: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Mostar 64: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Mostar 34: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Mostar 44: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Mostar 32: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Mostar 78: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Mostar 16: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Mostar 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 Mostar.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

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
11 hdaylight a day

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMostar
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencySol (PEN)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m60 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMostar
City population1,008,290105,448
People per km²1,55190
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.