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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bologna or Calgary?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Calgary’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, Calgary 8: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Calgary 45: Bologna leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Calgary 35: Bologna leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Calgary 40: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Calgary 88: Calgary leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Calgary 55: Bologna leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Calgary 68: Calgary leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Calgary 42: Bologna leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Calgary 42: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Calgary 42: Bologna leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Calgary 46: Bologna leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Calgary.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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
15 hdaylight a day

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaCalgary
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation54 m1,045 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaCalgary
City population387,9711,306,784
People per km²2,7541,583
Museums within 10 km6813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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. 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.