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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva or Tirana?

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

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Tirana 42: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Tirana 62: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Tirana 64: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Tirana 40: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Tirana 54: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Tirana 32: Geneva leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Tirana 32: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Tirana 27: Geneva leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Tirana.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaTirana
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshAlbanian
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m110 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaTirana
City population211,152389,323
People per km²13,2809,314
Museums within 10 km3411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.