Region · Peru
Where to stay in Arequipa Department
This guide covers 10 destinations in Arequipa Department, a first-level administrative division of Peru, with 8 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Arequipa, Paucarpata and Cayma. Across its destinations, all year are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP).
- Destinations in this guide
- 10
- Places to stay
- 8
- Comfortable in the most places
- all year
- Main airport
- AQPRodríguez Ballón International Airport
- Currency
- PENNuevo sol
- Time zone
- America/Lima
Destinations
Destinations in Arequipa Department
Every destination in this guide in Arequipa Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arequipa | 1,008,290 | 8 | AQP · 7 km |
| Paucarpata | 131,346 | AQP · 12 km | |
| Cayma | 91,922 | AQP · 5 km | |
| Selva Alegre | 85,870 | AQP · 7 km | |
| Ciudad Satelite | 81,829 | AQP · 11 km | |
| La Libertad | 78,336 | AQP · 4 km | |
| Miraflores | 60,589 | AQP · 8 km | |
| Mariano Melgar | 59,918 | AQP · 10 km | |
| Socabaya | 59,543 | AQP · 15 km | |
| Jacobo Hunter | 50,145 | AQP · 11 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Arequipa Department
8 hotels in Arequipa Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Arequipa Department
From the climate of 10 destinations in Arequipa Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: all year.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 of 10 | 19 °C | 26 mm |
| February | 10 of 10 | 19 °C | 41 mm |
| March | 10 of 10 | 21 °C | 30 mm |
| April | 10 of 10 | 22 °C | 2 mm |
| May | 10 of 10 | 20 °C | 0 mm |
| June | 10 of 10 | 19 °C | 1 mm |
| July | 10 of 10 | 19 °C | 1 mm |
| August | 10 of 10 | 19 °C | 1 mm |
| September | 10 of 10 | 20 °C | 1 mm |
| October | 10 of 10 | 20 °C | 1 mm |
| November | 10 of 10 | 20 °C | 1 mm |
| December | 10 of 10 | 20 °C | 7 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Arequipa Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Arequipa Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
AQP · Rodríguez Ballón International Airport
ILQ · General Jorge Fernandez Maldon Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Arequipa Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Peru
Nearby
Regions near Arequipa Department
Other regions of Peru with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.