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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Florence or Nuremberg?

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

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • families
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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 and Nuremberg are level on 14.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Nuremberg 53: Florence leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Nuremberg 69: Florence leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Nuremberg 40: Florence leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Nuremberg 56: Florence leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Nuremberg 80: Florence leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Florence and Nuremberg are level on 78.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Nuremberg 45: Florence leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Nuremberg 52: Florence leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on families 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceNuremberg
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 m209 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceNuremberg
City population360,930531,159
People per km²3,5282,848
Museums within 10 km14150
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.