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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Florence or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Tokyo 84: Florence leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Tokyo 85: Florence leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Florence
59match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceTokyo
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 m6 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceTokyo
City population360,93014,264,798
People per km²3,5286,501
Museums within 10 km141192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.