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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Tangier?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Tangier 58: Arequipa leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Tangier 57: Arequipa leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Tangier 30: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Tangier 55: Arequipa leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa and Tangier are level on 35.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Tangier 40: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Tangier 42: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Tangier 76: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Tangier.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaTangier
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySol (PEN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1
Emergency number111 or 911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation2,335 m56 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaTangier
City population1,008,2901,275,428
People per km²1,5516,393
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.