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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License.

Genoa or Laguna 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 Genoa for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Laguna Beach for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Laguna 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. Genoa 62, Laguna Beach 72: Laguna Beach leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Laguna Beach 40: Genoa leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Laguna Beach 27: Genoa leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Laguna Beach 18: Genoa leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Laguna Beach 73: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Laguna Beach 72: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Laguna Beach 68: Laguna Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Laguna Beach 33: Genoa leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Laguna Beach 46: Genoa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Laguna Beach 12: Genoa leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Laguna Beach 40: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Laguna Beach 47: Laguna Beach leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Laguna Beach.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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). Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaLaguna Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m6 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaLaguna Beach
City population558,74523,032
People per km²2,325907
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.