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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Catania or Yokohama?

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 Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Catania leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Yokohama 72: Catania leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Yokohama 55: Catania leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Yokohama 44: Catania leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Yokohama 66: Catania leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Yokohama 55: Catania leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Catania
60match

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

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °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.

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaYokohama
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation7 m24 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaYokohama
City population311,5843,757,630
People per km²1,7048,585
Museums within 10 km2538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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.