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Taormina vs Arequipa

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Bottom line

Taormina is the warmer of the two — about 5°F on the annual average; Taormina is the wetter, with 7 in more rain a year, and Arequipa the sunnier.

Warmer Taormina 5°F on the year

Wetter Taormina 7 in more a year

Sunnier Arequipa 13 pp less cloud

Colder winters Arequipa 3°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Taormina and Arequipa, in everyday terms.

Summers

Taormina has far hotter summers

Taormina: Hot
Arequipa: Mild

Winters

Taormina has milder winters

Taormina: Cool
Arequipa: Cool

Rain & snow

Taormina is much wetter

Taormina: Fairly dry
Arequipa: Very dry

Sky

Arequipa is sunnier

Taormina: Partly cloudy
Arequipa: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Taormina is the warmer of the two — about 5°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Taormina is the wetter — about 7 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Arequipa has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	59	60	63	68	75	84	89	90	83	76	69	62
Arequipa	72	72	73	73	74	74	73	74	74	74	74	74
Difference	+13	+12	+9	+5	-2	-10	-16	-16	-9	-2	+6	+12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Taormina	59	60	63	68	75	84
Arequipa	72	72	73	73	74	74
Difference	+13	+12	+9	+5	-2	-10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	89	90	83	76	69	62
Arequipa	73	74	74	74	74	74
Difference	-16	-16	-9	-2	+6	+12

Avg low (°F) Taormina runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	48	48	50	54	61	69	74	75	69	63	56	51
Arequipa	52	53	52	50	47	45	45	46	47	48	49	51
Difference	+4	+5	+2	-5	-15	-24	-29	-29	-22	-15	-8	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Taormina	48	48	50	54	61	69
Arequipa	52	53	52	50	47	45
Difference	+4	+5	+2	-5	-15	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	74	75	69	63	56	51
Arequipa	45	46	47	48	49	51
Difference	-29	-29	-22	-15	-8	—

Precipitation (in) Taormina runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	1.6	1.4	1	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.3	1.2	2.2
Arequipa	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Difference	-0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-1	-1.3	-1.2	-2.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Taormina	1.6	1.4	1	0.5	0.3	0.1
Arequipa	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.1	0	0
Difference	-0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.2	-0.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.3	1.2	2.2
Arequipa	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Difference	-0.2	-0.3	-1	-1.3	-1.2	-2.1

Cloud cover (%) Taormina runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	66	67	62	61	52	40	28	30	49	56	65	68
Arequipa	65	68	57	40	28	26	25	27	28	36	40	54
Difference	-1	+1	-5	-20	-25	-14	-3	-4	-21	-20	-25	-15

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Taormina	66	67	62	61	52	40
Arequipa	65	68	57	40	28	26
Difference	-1	+1	-5	-20	-25	-14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	28	30	49	56	65	68
Arequipa	25	27	28	36	40	54
Difference	-3	-4	-21	-20	-25	-15

Relative humidity (%) Taormina runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	78	77	77	76	71	65	62	61	67	73	76	77
Arequipa	64	68	66	55	40	36	33	33	35	38	43	54
Difference	-13	-9	-11	-21	-31	-30	-29	-28	-31	-34	-33	-23

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Taormina	78	77	77	76	71	65
Arequipa	64	68	66	55	40	36
Difference	-13	-9	-11	-21	-31	-30

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Taormina	62	61	67	73	76	77
Arequipa	33	33	35	38	43	54
Difference	-29	-28	-31	-34	-33	-23

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Taormina trends → · Arequipa trends →

Methodology & sources

Taormina

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Reggio Calabria, a weather station, about 40 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Arequipa

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from SENAMHI, Peru's national weather service, measured at La Pampilla, about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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