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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Arequipa or Vienna?

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 Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Vienna 62: Arequipa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Vienna 44: Arequipa leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 69 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Vienna.

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.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaVienna
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m151 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaVienna
City population1,008,2902,028,289
People per km²1,5514,890
Museums within 10 km3152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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. 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.