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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Newport 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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Newport Beach 50: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Newport Beach 20: Arequipa leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Newport Beach 33: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Newport Beach 66: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Newport Beach 20: Arequipa leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Newport Beach 15: Arequipa leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Newport 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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaNewport Beach
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m3 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaNewport Beach
City population1,008,29085,239
People per km²1,551622
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.