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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Genoa or Samarkand?

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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Genoa leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Samarkand 54: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Samarkand 14: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Samarkand 40: Genoa leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Samarkand 72: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Samarkand 30: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Samarkand 58: Genoa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Samarkand 42: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Samarkand 24: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Samarkand 32: Genoa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Samarkand.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaSamarkand
Official languageItalianUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m702 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaSamarkand
City population558,745546,303
People per km²2,3255,058
Museums within 10 km5111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.