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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Catania or London?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Catania leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, London 84: London leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, London 94: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, London 88: London leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, London 57: Catania leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, London 90: London leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, London 82: London leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, London 85: London leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, London 95: London leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, London 15: Catania leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, London 98: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, London 40: London leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and London.

Your match

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

Catania
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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.

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaLondon
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation7 m4 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaLondon
City population311,5848,799,728
People per km²1,7045,598
Museums within 10 km25216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
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. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.