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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Florence or Hamburg?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Hamburg 55: Florence leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Hamburg 62: Florence leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Hamburg 52: Florence leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Hamburg 70: Florence leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Hamburg 65: Florence leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Hamburg 38: Hamburg leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florence
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Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Hamburg
60match

Wins on nightlife and families 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceHamburg
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 m6 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceHamburg
City population360,9301,869,473
People per km²3,5282,476
Museums within 10 km14177
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. 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.