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The Semperoper, Dresden
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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dresden or Genoa?

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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Genoa for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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. Dresden 10, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Genoa 76: Dresden leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Genoa 42: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Genoa 66: Dresden leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dresden and Genoa are level on 55.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Genoa 52: Dresden leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Genoa 35: Dresden leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Genoa.

Your match

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

Dresden
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenGenoa
Official languageGermanItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation126 m20 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenGenoa
City population562,764558,745
People per km²1,7132,325
Museums within 10 km7051
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.