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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin or Rome?

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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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. Austin 30, Rome 50: Rome leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Rome 82: Rome leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Rome 99: Rome leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Rome 58: Austin leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Rome 58: Rome leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Rome 92: Rome leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Rome 50: Austin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Rome 60: Rome leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Rome 72: Rome leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Rome 38: Rome leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Rome 68: Austin leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and Rome are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Rome.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinRome
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m21 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinRome
City population961,8552,748,109
People per km²1,2172,135
Museums within 10 km21178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.