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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or West Palm Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, West Palm Beach 52: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, West Palm Beach 42: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa and West Palm Beach are level on 36.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, West Palm Beach 58: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, West Palm Beach 38: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, West Palm Beach 23: Arequipa leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and West Palm Beach.

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.

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 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). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaWest Palm Beach
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua-
CurrencySol (PEN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911911
Elevation2,335 m6 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaWest Palm Beach
City population1,008,290117,415
People per km²1,551786
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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.