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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Verona for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Bilbao 45, Verona 44: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Verona 66: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Verona 76: Verona leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Verona 37: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Verona 65: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Verona 92: Verona leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Verona 66: Verona leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Verona 68: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Verona 52: Verona leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Verona 46: Verona leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Verona 66: Verona leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Verona 48: Verona leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Verona.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bilbao
59match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoVerona
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
Elevation19 m59 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoVerona
City population351,124255,588
People per km²8,4401,285
Museums within 10 km1718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.