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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania or Newport 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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • families
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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, Newport Beach 70: Catania leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Newport Beach 50: Catania leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Newport Beach 20: Catania leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Newport Beach 33: Catania leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Newport Beach 66: Catania leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Newport Beach 70: Catania leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Newport Beach 20: Catania leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Newport Beach 15: Catania leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Newport Beach 46: Catania leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Newport 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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaNewport Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m3 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaNewport Beach
City population311,58485,239
People per km²1,704622
Museums within 10 km254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.