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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Stuttgart?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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 and Stuttgart are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Stuttgart 58: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Stuttgart 62: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Stuttgart 60: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Stuttgart 40: Arequipa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaStuttgart
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m245 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaStuttgart
City population1,008,290609,365
People per km²1,5512,938
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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.