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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bologna or Copenhagen?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Copenhagen for

  • families
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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, Copenhagen 40: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Copenhagen 76: Bologna leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Copenhagen 72: Bologna leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Copenhagen 60: Copenhagen leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Copenhagen 45: Bologna leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Copenhagen 72: Bologna leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Copenhagen 18: Bologna leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Copenhagen 55: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Copenhagen.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bologna
60match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaCopenhagen
Official languageItalianDanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCEFK230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation54 m14 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaCopenhagen
City population387,971667,099
People per km²2,7547,339
Museums within 10 km6872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.