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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Myrtle Beach 38: Arequipa leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Myrtle Beach 20: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Myrtle Beach 46: Arequipa leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Myrtle Beach 50: Myrtle Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Myrtle Beach 18: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Myrtle Beach 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Myrtle Beach 52: Arequipa leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Myrtle Beach 28: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Arequipa
46match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaMyrtle Beach

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.

Myrtle Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaMyrtle Beach
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m8 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaMyrtle Beach
City population1,008,29035,682
People per km²1,551591
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.