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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Genoa?

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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Genoa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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. Bordeaux 50, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Genoa 72: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Genoa 42: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Genoa 66: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Genoa 48: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Genoa 55: Genoa leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Genoa 52: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Genoa 35: Bordeaux leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Genoa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Genoa
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxGenoa
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m20 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxGenoa
City population267,991558,745
People per km²5,4252,325
Museums within 10 km1851
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. 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.