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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
Durban

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Como or Durban?

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 Como for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Durban for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Durban’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. Como 36, Durban 80: Durban leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Durban 60: Durban leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Durban 38: Como leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Durban 40: Durban leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Durban 68: Como leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Durban 38: Como leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Durban 60: Durban leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Durban 20: Como leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Como and Durban are level on 42.
Affordability. Como 30, Durban 72: Durban leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Durban 40: Durban leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Durban 30: Como leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Durban.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Como
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoDurban
Official languageItalianEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation201 m22 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoDurban
City population83,184595,061
People per km²2,2422,634
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km81
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.