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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bologna or Cordoba?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Bologna leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Cordoba 62: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Cordoba 40: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Cordoba 45: Bologna leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Cordoba 86: Bologna leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Cordoba 40: Bologna leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Cordoba 68: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Cordoba 38: Bologna leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Cordoba 47: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna and Cordoba are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaCordoba
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation54 m120 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaCordoba
City population387,971323,262
People per km²2,754258
Museums within 10 km6816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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. 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.