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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Genoa or Hamburg?

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 Genoa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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. Genoa 62, Hamburg 28: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Hamburg 55: Genoa leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Hamburg 62: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Hamburg 52: Genoa leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Hamburg 70: Genoa leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Hamburg 38: Genoa leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Genoa
61match

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

Hamburg
60match

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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Genoa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaHamburg
Official languageItalianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m6 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaHamburg
City population558,7451,869,473
People per km²2,3252,476
Museums within 10 km5177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.