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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Tromso?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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 Tromso are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Tromso 36: Arequipa leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Tromso 27: Arequipa leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Tromso 14: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Tromso 15: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Tromso 11: Arequipa leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Tromso.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaTromso
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencySol (PEN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,335 m20 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaTromso
City population1,008,29079,943
People per km²1,55132
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.