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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Florence or Frankfurt?

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 Florence for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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. Florence 14, Frankfurt 8: Florence leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Frankfurt 52: Florence leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Frankfurt 60: Florence leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence and Frankfurt are level on 58.
Day trips. Florence 98, Frankfurt 86: Florence leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Florence and Frankfurt are level on 78.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Frankfurt 56: Florence leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Frankfurt 38: Frankfurt leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceFrankfurt
Official languageItalianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m101 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceFrankfurt
City population360,930760,656
People per km²3,5283,063
Museums within 10 km14153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.