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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Geneva or London?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose London for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, London 84: London leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, London 94: London leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, London 88: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, London 57: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, London 90: London leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, London 82: London leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, London 85: Geneva leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, London 95: London leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, London 15: London leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, London 98: London leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Geneva
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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
15 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GenevaLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaLondon
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation403 m4 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaLondon
City population211,1528,799,728
People per km²13,2805,598
Museums within 10 km34216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.