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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania or Zagreb?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Catania leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Zagreb 55: Catania leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Zagreb 56: Catania leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Zagreb 47: Catania leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Zagreb 62: Catania leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Zagreb 60: Catania leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Zagreb 40: Catania leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Catania and Zagreb are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Zagreb 52: Catania leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Zagreb.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaZagreb
Official languageItalianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m127 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaZagreb
City population311,584767,131
People per km²1,704-
Museums within 10 km2527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.