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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Toledo?

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
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Arequipa leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Toledo 40: Arequipa leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Toledo 22: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Toledo 40: Arequipa leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Toledo 32: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Toledo 58: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Toledo 22: Arequipa leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Toledo 30: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Toledo.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaToledo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaToledo
City population1,008,29087,216
People per km²1,551376
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.