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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Arequipa and Toulouse are level on 64.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Toulouse 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Toulouse 46: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Toulouse 27: Arequipa leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaToulouse
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 m115 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaToulouse
City population1,008,290514,819
People per km²1,5514,352
Museums within 10 km324
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.