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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: New York leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, New York 92: New York leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, New York 89: New York leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, New York 97: New York leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, New York 55: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, New York 68: New York leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, New York 70: New York leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, New York 82: New York leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, New York 97: New York leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, New York 12: Arequipa leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, New York 99: New York leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, New York 42: New York leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and New York.

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 York
Best match
71match

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 York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ArequipaNew York

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 York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaNew York
City population1,008,2908,804,190
People per km²1,5517,256
Museums within 10 km3157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.