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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Frankfurt or Rome?

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

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Rome for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Rome 82: Rome leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Rome 99: Rome leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Rome 58: Rome leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt and Rome are level on 58.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Rome 92: Rome leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Rome 50: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Rome 60: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Rome 72: Rome leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt and Rome are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt and Rome are level on 68.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Rome 40: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Rome.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtRome
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 m21 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtRome
City population760,6562,748,109
People per km²3,0632,135
Museums within 10 km53178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km47
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.