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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
GlasgowKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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

Como or Glasgow?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Glasgow for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Glasgow’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, Glasgow 14: Como leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Glasgow 52: Glasgow leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Glasgow 62: Glasgow leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Glasgow 66: Glasgow leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Glasgow 75: Como leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Glasgow 76: Como leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Glasgow 58: Glasgow leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Como and Glasgow are level on 66.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Glasgow 64: Glasgow leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Glasgow 46: Glasgow leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Glasgow 72: Glasgow leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Glasgow 28: Como leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Glasgow.

Your match

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

Como
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Glasgow
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife 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.

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

Glasgow in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Glasgow 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.

Glasgow's sunshine is measured 90 km from the centre, at Eskdalemuir.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Glasgow: 1991-2020 normals, Glasgow Airport (11.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoGlasgow
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation201 m21 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsGlasgow Airport (GLA)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoGlasgow
City population83,184626,410
People per km²2,242190
Museums within 10 km1129
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km82
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.