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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Toronto?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Toronto 50: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Toronto 52: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Toronto 34: Arequipa leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Toronto 33: Arequipa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaToronto
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m76 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaToronto
City population1,008,2902,794,356
People per km²1,5514,434
Museums within 10 km332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

Where else could you go?

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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.