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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Vilnius?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Vilnius 50: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Vilnius 52: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Vilnius 38: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Vilnius 64: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa and Vilnius are level on 34.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Arequipa
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaVilnius
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaLithuanian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m98 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaVilnius
City population1,008,290619,405
People per km²1,5511,545
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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.