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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Genoa or Sedona?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Genoa leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Sedona 33: Genoa leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Sedona 20: Genoa leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Sedona 8: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Sedona 55: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Sedona 42: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Sedona 22: Genoa leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Sedona 34: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Sedona 18: Genoa leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Sedona 13: Genoa leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Sedona.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaSedona
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1,319 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaSedona
City population558,7459,684
People per km²2,325195
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.