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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Munich?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Munich leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Munich 62: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Munich 79: Munich leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Munich 56: Munich leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Munich 82: Munich leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Munich 86: Munich leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Munich 78: Munich leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Munich 86: Munich leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Munich 72: Munich leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Munich 32: Arequipa leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Munich 84: Munich leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Munich 62: Munich leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Munich.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMunich
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m519 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMunich
City population1,008,2901,505,036
People per km²1,5514,844
Museums within 10 km374
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.