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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Geneva for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • getting around

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. Belfast 20, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Geneva 38: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Geneva 57: Belfast leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Geneva 5: Belfast leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Geneva.

Your match

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

Belfast
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastGeneva
Official languageEnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation3 m403 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastGeneva
City population345,006211,152
People per km²3,00013,280
Museums within 10 km834
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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