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Catania or Cusco?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
Catania

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Your match

Catania
✓ Best match
60
match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Cusco
49
match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CataniaCusco
Beaches & swimming. Catania leads by 69 points.69
Food & drink. Catania leads by 21 points.21
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 19 points.19
Nightlife. Catania leads by 18 points.18
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 3 points.3
Day trips. Catania leads by 6 points.6
Good for families. Catania leads by 40 points.40
Getting around. Catania and Cusco are level on 48.
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 10 points.10
Affordability. Cusco leads by 13 points.13
Live music & performing arts. Catania leads by 25 points.25
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco leads by 3 points.3
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Cusco.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCataniaCusco
Daytime high34 °C20 °C
Night-time low19 °C1 °C
Rainfall in the month9 mm5 mm
Sunshine11 hours a dayNo figure
Sea temperature25 °CNo sea
Daylight15 hours a day11 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Catania
16
16
19
21
26
31
34
35
30
26
21
17
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Sea temperature, °C
Catania
15
15
15
16
18
22
25
26
25
23
20
17
Cusco
No coastline within reach
Rainfall, mm
Catania
65
45
42
32
18
11
9
9
49
51
71
83
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Daylight, hours per day
Catania
10
11
12
13
14
15
15
14
13
11
10
10
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
Catania
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
10
7
6
5
4
Cusco
No sunshine record

Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Sigonella (18.9 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCataniaCusco
Official languageItalianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation7 m3,399 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaCusco
City population311,584428,450
People per km²1,704-
Museums within 10 km2511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.