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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Catania or Wellington?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Catania leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Wellington 62: Catania leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Wellington 44: Catania leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Wellington 45: Catania leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Wellington 78: Catania leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Wellington 40: Catania leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Catania and Wellington are level on 42.
Affordability. Catania 60, Wellington 33: Catania leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania and Wellington are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Wellington.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaWellington
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation7 m0 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaWellington
City population311,584216,200
People per km²1,704487
Museums within 10 km2512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.