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Cusco or Geneva?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
Geneva

Photo: Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Your match

Cusco
49
match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Geneva
✓ Best match
57
match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CuscoGeneva
Beaches & swimming. Geneva leads by 42 points.42
Food & drink. Cusco leads by 1 points.1
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 23 points.23
Nightlife. Cusco leads by 4 points.4
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 4 points.4
Day trips. Geneva leads by 2 points.2
Good for families. Geneva leads by 47 points.47
Getting around. Geneva leads by 38 points.38
Shopping & style. Geneva leads by 16 points.16
Affordability. Cusco leads by 68 points.68
Live music & performing arts. Geneva leads by 30 points.30
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva leads by 22 points.22
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Geneva.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCuscoGeneva
Daytime high20 °C27 °C
Night-time low1 °C15 °C
Rainfall in the month5 mm77 mm
SunshineNo figure9 hours a day
Daylight11 hours a day15 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Geneva
5
7
12
16
20
24
27
26
21
16
9
6
Rainfall, mm
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Geneva
71
55
61
66
77
81
77
80
87
94
87
88
Daylight, hours per day
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Geneva
9
10
12
14
15
16
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Cusco
No sunshine record
Geneva
2
3
6
6
7
8
9
8
6
4
2
2

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCuscoGeneva
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencySol (PEN)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation3,399 m403 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre151 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoGeneva
City population428,450209,061
People per km²-13,148
Museums within 10 km1135
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.