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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena or Verona?

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 Cartagena for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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. Cartagena 70, Verona 44: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Verona 66: Verona leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Verona 76: Verona leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Verona 37: Cartagena leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Verona 65: Verona leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Verona 92: Verona leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Verona 66: Verona leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Verona 68: Verona leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Verona 52: Verona leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Verona 46: Cartagena leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Verona 66: Verona leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Verona 48: Verona leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Verona.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CartagenaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaVerona
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m59 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaVerona
City population914,552255,588
People per km²1,5991,285
Museums within 10 km218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.