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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Arequipa leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Arequipa leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m134 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population1,008,290258,308
People per km²1,551725
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.