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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Genoa or Paris?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Genoa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Paris 96: Paris leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Paris 97: Paris leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Paris 80: Paris leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Paris 52: Genoa leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Paris 92: Paris leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Paris 79: Paris leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Paris 88: Paris leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Paris 98: Paris leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Paris 25: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Paris 88: Paris leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Paris 40: Paris leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Paris.

Your match

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

Genoa
61match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaParis
Official languageItalianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m27 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaParis
City population558,7452,103,778
People per km²2,32519,960
Museums within 10 km51251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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. 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.