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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Paris?

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 Paris for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Paris leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Paris 96: Paris leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Paris 97: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Paris 80: Paris leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Paris 52: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Paris 92: Paris leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Paris 79: Paris leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Paris 88: Paris leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Paris 98: Paris leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Paris 25: Arequipa leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Paris 88: Paris leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Paris 40: Paris leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
16 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaParis
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m27 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaParis
City population1,008,2902,103,778
People per km²1,55119,960
Museums within 10 km3251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.