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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bologna or Brisbane?

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 Bologna for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Bologna 30, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Brisbane 60: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Brisbane 42: Bologna leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Brisbane 55: Bologna leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Brisbane 74: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Brisbane 50: Bologna leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Brisbane 62: Bologna leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Brisbane 45: Bologna leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Brisbane 33: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Brisbane 55: Bologna leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna and Brisbane are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Brisbane.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaBrisbane
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation54 m0 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaBrisbane
City population387,9712,706,966
People per km²2,754171
Museums within 10 km6816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.