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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florence or Nairobi?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Florence leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Nairobi 48: Florence leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Nairobi 35: Florence leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Nairobi 28: Florence leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Nairobi 20: Florence leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Nairobi 45: Florence leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Nairobi 35: Florence leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Nairobi 25: Florence leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceNairobi
Official languageItalianEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation50 m1,661 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceNairobi
City population360,9305,545,000
People per km²3,5287,967
Museums within 10 km1414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.