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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Arequipa or Sarajevo?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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, Sarajevo 6: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Sarajevo 60: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa and Sarajevo are level on 64.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Sarajevo 38: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Sarajevo 40: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Sarajevo 80: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

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
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaSarajevo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencySol (PEN)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m518 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaSarajevo
City population1,008,290275,524
People per km²1,5511,947
Museums within 10 km325
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.