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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

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

Bologna or Mendoza?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Bologna leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Mendoza 68: Bologna leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Mendoza 30: Bologna leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Mendoza 40: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Mendoza 52: Bologna leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Mendoza 42: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Mendoza 48: Bologna leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Mendoza 33: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Mendoza 33: Bologna leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Mendoza.

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.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaMendoza
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation54 m769 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaMendoza
City population387,971127,160
People per km²2,7542,355
Museums within 10 km681
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.