Arequipa
City in Peru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Arequipa, Plaza de Armas, 2023 (10): Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Arequipa is a city in Peru. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Peru in our atlas.
It lies at 16.40° S, 71.54° W, about 2,397 m (7,864 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Lima time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Arequipa. Green dots: other major cities of Peru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arequipa has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 20°C (67°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 2°C (35°F). Around 148 mm (6 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PeruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Tacna · 226 km
- Cusco · 322 km
- Huancayo · 620 km
- Lima · 759 km
- Callao · 767 km
- Pucallpa · 946 km
- Chimbote · 1,107 km
- Trujillo · 1,217 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3947322 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q159273 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Arequipa, Plaza de Armas, 2023 (10): Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Mariano Melgar: Rojinegro81, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Famosa casa de Goyeneche: Liv0017, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Casa de la Cultura de la Universidad Católica de Santa María: Pitxiquin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
