Arequipa Scores

  • Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.

  • Walkability: The area of is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.

  • Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic in Arequipa is extremely difficult.

  • Healthcare: The average level of medical care is sufficient. In some clinics, there is a lack of modern equipment and personnel.

  • Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.

  • Female friendly: Despite the fact that women have equal rights with men and the attitude towards them is liberal, in some areas there are still many prohibitions against them. Decisions in the family are usually made by men, the influence of women in the family is very great.

  • English: It will not be easy to communicate directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.

  • Internet: The Internet speed in Arequipa is fine.
  • Safety: In general, the situation is calm, the average level of safety, but in some areas there are exceptions. Please be vigilant.
  • Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is very open, calm and friendly.

  • Expenses: The average monthly expenses of the average resident is pretty low and around $900.
  • Quality of life: performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Arequipa.

  • LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents in Arequipa are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.

  • Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points in Arequipa that provide free Wi-Fi, and those that do have a weak Internet signal, so in many cafes wifi Internet is available only at a low speed.

  • Freedom of speech: Freedom of speech is spelled out in the constitution. But local authorities are enforcing laws that will somewhat complicate the work of journalists and restrict freedom of speech for all citizens.

  • Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers in Arequipa.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Arequipa has very low salaries as low as $500 a month.
  • Level of happiness: The level of happiness and life satisfaction among the local population is quite average.

  • Nightlife: At the same time, the level of quality of services provided in most of these establishments is significantly high.

  • Racial tolerance: Cases of racial and ethnic discrimination are extremely rare.

  • Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score in Arequipa is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.