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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Frankfurt or Genoa?

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 Frankfurt for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Genoa for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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. Frankfurt 8, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Genoa 42: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Genoa 83: Frankfurt leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Genoa 66: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Genoa 48: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Genoa 55: Genoa leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Genoa 52: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Genoa 35: Frankfurt leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Genoa.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtGenoa
Official languageGermanItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation101 m20 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtGenoa
City population760,656558,745
People per km²3,0632,325
Museums within 10 km5351
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. 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.