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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Colombo or Verona?

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 Colombo for

  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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. Colombo 55, Verona 44: Colombo leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Colombo and Verona are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Verona 76: Verona leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Verona 37: Verona leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Verona 65: Verona leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Verona 92: Verona leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Verona 66: Verona leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Verona 68: Verona leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Verona 52: Verona leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Verona 46: Colombo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Verona 66: Verona leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo and Verona are level on 48.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Verona.

Your match

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

Colombo
46match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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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ColomboVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboVerona
Official languageTamil, SinhalaItalian
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation1 m59 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboVerona
City population647,557255,588
People per km²17,3611,285
Museums within 10 km1018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.