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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Melbourne by Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva or Melbourne?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Melbourne for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Melbourne’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, Melbourne 50: Melbourne leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Melbourne 57: Geneva leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Melbourne 70: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Melbourne 62: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Melbourne 73: Melbourne leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Melbourne 76: Geneva leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Melbourne 31: Melbourne leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Melbourne 72: Melbourne leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Melbourne 54: Geneva leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Melbourne.

Your match

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

Geneva
57match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Melbourne
Best match
64match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaMelbourne
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation403 m31 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaMelbourne
City population211,1525,350,705
People per km²13,280535
Museums within 10 km3443
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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