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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Florence or Goreme?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Goreme for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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, Goreme 3: Florence leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Goreme 20: Florence leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Goreme 45: Florence leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Goreme 5: Florence leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Goreme 74: Goreme leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Goreme 70: Florence leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Goreme 40: Florence leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Goreme 40: Florence leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Goreme 22: Florence leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Goreme 58: Goreme leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Goreme 10: Florence leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence and Goreme are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Goreme.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
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

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.

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceGoreme
Official languageItalianTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m1,100 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceGoreme
City population360,9302,000
People per km²3,52820
Museums within 10 km1415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. 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.