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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Atlanta or Florence?

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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Florence for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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. Atlanta 10, Florence 14: Florence leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Florence 74: Florence leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Florence 94: Florence leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Florence 42: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Florence 58: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Florence 98: Florence leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Florence 45: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Florence 78: Florence leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Florence 72: Florence leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Florence 35: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Florence 58: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Florence 42: Florence leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Florence.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaFlorence
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m50 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaFlorence
City population498,715360,930
People per km²1,4333,528
Museums within 10 km27141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.