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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Busan or Venice?

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 Busan for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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. Busan 68, Venice 56: Busan leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Venice 60: Busan leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Venice 94: Venice leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Venice 27: Busan leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Venice 45: Busan leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Venice 86: Venice leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Venice 45: Busan leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Busan and Venice are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Busan 60, Venice 57: Busan leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Busan 56, Venice 20: Busan leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Venice 62: Venice leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Venice 40: Busan leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Venice.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Venice
55match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanVenice
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageItalian
CurrencyWon (KRW)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation30 m2 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanVenice
City population3,453,198250,369
People per km²4,486602
Museums within 10 km752
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.