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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Catania or Oaxaca?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Catania leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Oaxaca 40: Catania leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Oaxaca 62: Catania leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Oaxaca 65: Catania leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Oaxaca 40: Catania leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Oaxaca 38: Catania leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaOaxaca
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m1,555 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaOaxaca
City population311,584258,913
People per km²1,7043,028
Museums within 10 km2510
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. 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.