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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Geneva or New Orleans?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Geneva leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, New Orleans 42: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, New Orleans 52: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, New Orleans 55: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, New Orleans 55: Geneva leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, New Orleans 54: Geneva leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, New Orleans 40: New Orleans leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, New Orleans 25: Geneva leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

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

New Orleans
54match

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 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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GenevaNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaNew Orleans
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-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m-2 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaNew Orleans
City population211,152383,997
People per km²13,280423
Museums within 10 km3416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.