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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Genoa or Lisbon?

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
  • families

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Lisbon 75: Genoa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Lisbon 82: Genoa leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Lisbon 62: Genoa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Genoa and Lisbon are level on 66.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Genoa and Lisbon are level on 55.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Genoa
61match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaLisbon
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m100 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaLisbon
City population558,745545,796
People per km²2,3255,453
Museums within 10 km5180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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.