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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Ottawa?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Ottawa 45: Arequipa leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Ottawa 62: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Ottawa 35: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Ottawa 68: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Ottawa 40: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Ottawa 40: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Ottawa.

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.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on families and beaches 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
11 hdaylight a day

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
15 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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaOttawa
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m70 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaOttawa
City population1,008,2901,017,449
People per km²1,551366
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.