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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Arequipa or New Orleans?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, New Orleans 42: Arequipa leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, New Orleans 52: New Orleans leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, New Orleans 40: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, New Orleans 25: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
Best match
54match

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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaNew Orleans

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). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaNew Orleans
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m-2 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaNew Orleans
City population1,008,290383,997
People per km²1,551423
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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.