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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Strasbourg?

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 Strasbourg for

  • day trips
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa and Strasbourg are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Strasbourg 40: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Strasbourg 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Strasbourg 44: Arequipa leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips 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
11 hdaylight a day

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaStrasbourg
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 m132 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaStrasbourg
City population1,008,290293,771
People per km²1,5513,752
Museums within 10 km321
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. 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.