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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Verona?

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

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa and Verona are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Verona 76: Verona leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Verona 37: Verona leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Verona 65: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Verona 92: Verona leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Verona 66: Verona leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Verona 68: Verona leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Verona 52: Verona leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Verona 46: Arequipa leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Verona 66: Verona leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Verona 48: Verona leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Verona.

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.

Verona
Best match
61match

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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaVerona
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaItalian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m59 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaVerona
City population1,008,290255,588
People per km²1,5511,285
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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.