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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva or Orange Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange Beach’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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Orange Beach 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Orange Beach 7: Geneva leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Orange Beach 30: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Orange Beach 60: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Orange Beach 50: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Orange Beach 15: Geneva leads by 71 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Orange Beach 25: Geneva leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Orange Beach 38: Orange Beach leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Orange Beach 32: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Orange Beach 32: Geneva leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches 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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GenevaOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaOrange Beach
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 m4 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaOrange Beach
City population211,1528,095
People per km²13,280196
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.