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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bologna or Nuremberg?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Bologna leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Nuremberg 53: Bologna leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Nuremberg 69: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Nuremberg 40: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Nuremberg 56: Nuremberg leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Nuremberg 80: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Nuremberg 45: Bologna leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Nuremberg 52: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Nuremberg.

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.

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on families 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaNuremberg
Official languageItalianGerman
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 m209 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaNuremberg
City population387,971531,159
People per km²2,7542,848
Museums within 10 km6850
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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.