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Florence or Macau?

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

Florence and the Arno, Florence
Florence

Photo: Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

Your match

Florence
✓ Best match
59
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Macau
46
match

Wins on beaches and prices 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.

FlorenceMacau
Beaches & swimming. Macau leads by 10 points.10
Food & drink. Macau leads by 3 points.3
Culture & sights. Florence leads by 32 points.32
Nightlife. Florence leads by 2 points.2
Nature & outdoors. Florence leads by 53 points.53
Day trips. Florence leads by 46 points.46
Good for families. Macau leads by 3 points.3
Getting around. Florence leads by 18 points.18
Shopping & style. Florence leads by 14 points.14
Affordability. Macau leads by 9 points.9
Live music & performing arts. Florence leads by 22 points.22
Wellness & relaxation. Florence leads by 2 points.2
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Macau.

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
JulyFlorenceMacau
Daytime high32 °C32 °C
Night-time low19 °C26 °C
Rainfall in the month32 mm281 mm
Sunshine11 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea29 °C
Daylight15 hours a day13 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.

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Florence
11
12
16
20
24
29
32
33
27
22
16
11
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Sea temperature, °C
Florence
No coastline within reach
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rainfall, mm
Florence
68
58
59
65
63
41
32
35
102
125
132
95
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Daylight, hours per day
Florence
9
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Florence
4
4
6
6
8
9
11
10
7
5
4
3
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5

Where the figures come from

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

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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromFlorenceMacau
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
1 h 40 m
€143-159
FLR · 6 km
11 h 55 m
€586-713
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
2 h 5 m
€180-199
1 stop
FLR · 6 km
12 h 0 m
€570-666
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
AmsterdamAMS
1 h 55 m
€232-255
2 stops
FLR · 6 km
11 h 35 m
€637
HKG · 41 km
RomeFCO, CIA
55 m
€136-139
1 stop
FLR · 6 km
11 h 35 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
BarcelonaBCN
1 h 35 m
€113-168
FLR · 6 km
12 h 30 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
MunichMUC
1 h 15 m
no fares
FLR · 6 km
11 h 15 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
MadridMAD
2 h 10 m
no fares
FLR · 6 km
13 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
1 h 30 m
no fares
FLR · 6 km
11 h 25 m
€630-670
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
ZurichZRH
1 h 10 m
no fares
FLR · 6 km
11 h 35 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
ManchesterMAN
2 h 20 m
no fares
PSA · 70 km
12 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceMacau
Official languageItalianPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation50 m22 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceMacau
City population360,930682,100
People per km²3,5285,916
Museums within 10 km14028
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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). 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 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.