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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Genoa or Miami 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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami 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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Miami Beach 62: Genoa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Miami Beach 52: Genoa leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Miami Beach 52: Genoa leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Miami Beach 55: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Miami Beach 60: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Miami Beach 58: Genoa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Miami Beach 20: Genoa leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

Wins on nightlife 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 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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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). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaMiami Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaMiami Beach
City population558,74582,890
People per km²2,3252,109
Museums within 10 km5114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. 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.