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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Arequipa or Windhoek?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Windhoek 36: Arequipa leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Windhoek 30: Arequipa leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Windhoek 25: Arequipa leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Windhoek 52: Arequipa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Windhoek 14: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Windhoek 30: Arequipa leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Windhoek 22: Arequipa leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Windhoek 30: Arequipa leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Windhoek 62: Arequipa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Windhoek 18: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Windhoek 30: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Arequipa
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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
11 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaWindhoek
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaEnglish
CurrencySol (PEN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation2,335 m1,650 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaWindhoek
City population1,008,290486,169
People per km²1,55195
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.