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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Catania or Lisbon?

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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Catania 72, Lisbon 50: Catania leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Lisbon 75: Catania leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Lisbon 75: Catania leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Lisbon 82: Catania leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Lisbon 55: Catania leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Catania
60match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaLisbon
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m100 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaLisbon
City population311,584545,796
People per km²1,7045,453
Museums within 10 km2580
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.