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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Barcelona 75, Verona 44: Barcelona leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Verona 66: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Verona 76: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Verona 37: Barcelona leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Verona 65: Barcelona leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Verona 92: Verona leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Verona 66: Barcelona leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Verona 68: Barcelona leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Verona 52: Barcelona leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Verona 46: Verona leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Verona 66: Barcelona leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Verona 48: Verona leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Verona.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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BarcelonaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaVerona
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation9 m59 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaVerona
City population1,731,649255,588
People per km²17,0941,285
Museums within 10 km9518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.