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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Arequipa or Warsaw?

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 Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Warsaw 60: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Warsaw 47: Arequipa leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Warsaw 64: Arequipa leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaWarsaw
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPolish
CurrencySol (PEN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m118 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaWarsaw
City population1,008,2901,862,402
People per km²1,5513,601
Museums within 10 km3117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.