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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Oslo?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Oslo 55: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Oslo 14: Arequipa leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Oslo.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaOslo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencySol (PEN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,335 m23 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaOslo
City population1,008,290717,710
People per km²1,551-
Museums within 10 km360
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.