Arequipa
Arequipa
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📷 Draceane· CC BY-SA 4.0"Arequipa, la Ciudad Blanca | Arequipa, the White City"
About
Arequipa, also known by its nicknames of Ciudad Blanca and León del Sur, is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous province and department. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city in Peru, after the capital Lima, with an urban population of 1,195,700 in 2025. Known for its colonial architecture and volcanic stone buildings, it is a major cultural and economic center.
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The next week in Arequipa
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Clear
24° / 9°
UV High
Sat
Clear
23° / 10°
UV High
Sun
Clear
23° / 10°
UV High
Mon
Clear
23° / 10°
UV High
Tue
Clear
24° / 11°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
25° / 10°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
23° / 0°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
11.4h
06:01 – 17:23local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Arequipa
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) at 7 km.
Getting around Arequipa
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Cmonzonc (Christian Monzón Cárdenas).
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.