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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Genoa or Sapporo?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Sapporo 40: Genoa leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Sapporo 64: Genoa leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Sapporo 44: Genoa leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Genoa
61match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Sapporo
63match

Wins on wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaSapporo
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation20 m5 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaSapporo
City population558,7451,959,313
People per km²2,3251,747
Museums within 10 km5133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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.