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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Genoa or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Genoa leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Oaxaca 74: Genoa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Oaxaca 40: Genoa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Oaxaca 62: Genoa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Oaxaca 65: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Oaxaca 40: Genoa leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Oaxaca 55: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Oaxaca 38: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaOaxaca
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1,555 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaOaxaca
City population558,745258,913
People per km²2,3253,028
Museums within 10 km5110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.