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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Vancouver?

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

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Vancouver 42: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Vancouver 27: Arequipa leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaVancouver
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, English
CurrencySol (PEN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m2 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaVancouver
City population1,008,290662,248
People per km²1,5515,759
Museums within 10 km326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.