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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Geneva?

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 Adelaide for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Geneva for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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. Adelaide 68, Geneva 45: Adelaide leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Geneva 55: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Geneva 38: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Geneva 57: Adelaide leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Geneva 5: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Geneva 60: Adelaide leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Geneva.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Adelaide
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Geneva
57match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideGeneva
Official languageEnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m403 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideGeneva
City population1,387,290211,152
People per km²1,07113,280
Museums within 10 km1334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.