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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Florence or Osaka?

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

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

Choose Osaka for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Osaka 63: Florence leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence and Osaka are level on 58.
Day trips. Florence 98, Osaka 97: Florence leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Osaka.

Your match

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

Florence
59match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on families and nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceOsaka
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation50 m20 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceOsaka
City population360,9302,751,862
People per km²3,52812,340
Museums within 10 km14144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.