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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Osaka?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Osaka for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Osaka 63: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Osaka 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Osaka 60: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Osaka.

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.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaOsaka
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaJapanese
CurrencySol (PEN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+9
Emergency number111 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2,335 m20 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaOsaka
City population1,008,2902,751,862
People per km²1,55112,340
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.