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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Genoa or Mombasa?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Mombasa 60: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Mombasa 55: Genoa leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Mombasa 74: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Mombasa 45: Genoa leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Mombasa 45: Genoa leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Mombasa 30: Genoa leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Mombasa 35: Genoa leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Mombasa 22: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaMombasa
Official languageItalianEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation20 m50 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaMombasa
City population558,7451,208,333
People per km²2,3254,100
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.