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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Verona?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Acapulco’s own page.

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Acapulco 80, Verona 44: Acapulco leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Verona 66: Verona leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Verona 76: Verona leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Verona 37: Acapulco leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Verona 65: Verona leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Verona 92: Verona leads by 77 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Verona 68: Verona leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Verona 52: Verona leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Verona 46: Acapulco leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Verona 66: Verona leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Verona 48: Verona leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Verona.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoVerona
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m59 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoVerona
City population658,609255,588
People per km²3501,285
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.