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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License.

Geneva or Key West?

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 Geneva for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Key West for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Key West’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. Geneva 45, Key West 60: Key West leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Key West 45: Geneva leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Key West 40: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Key West 62: Key West leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Key West 62: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Key West 28: Geneva leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Key West 40: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Key West 62: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Key West 30: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Key West 15: Key West leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Key West 38: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Key West 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Key West.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Key West
44match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °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

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaKey West
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m4 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaKey West
City population211,15226,444
People per km²13,2801,407
Museums within 10 km347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.