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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Charleston or Genoa?

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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Genoa for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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. Charleston 72, Genoa 62: Charleston leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Charleston and Genoa are level on 72.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Genoa 42: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Genoa 48: Charleston leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Genoa 55: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Genoa 35: Charleston leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Genoa.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Genoa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonGenoa
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m20 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonGenoa
City population150,227558,745
People per km²5322,325
Museums within 10 km1951
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.