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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania or Miami Beach?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Miami Beach 62: Catania leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Miami Beach 52: Catania leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Miami Beach 52: Catania leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Miami Beach 55: Catania leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Miami Beach 58: Miami Beach leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Miami Beach 20: Catania leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania and Miami Beach are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

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

Miami Beach
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaMiami Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m1 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaMiami Beach
City population311,58482,890
People per km²1,7042,109
Museums within 10 km2514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.