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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station

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

Como or Melbourne?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Melbourne for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Melbourne’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, Melbourne 50: Melbourne leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Melbourne 57: Melbourne leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Melbourne 70: Como leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Melbourne 62: Como leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Melbourne 73: Melbourne leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Melbourne 76: Melbourne leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Melbourne 31: Melbourne leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Melbourne 72: Melbourne leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Melbourne 54: Melbourne leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Melbourne.

Your match

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

Como
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Melbourne
Best match
64match

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

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ComoMelbourne

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoMelbourne
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation201 m31 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoMelbourne
City population83,1845,350,705
People per km²2,242535
Museums within 10 km1143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km81
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. 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.