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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Genoa or Seoul?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Genoa leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Seoul 75: Genoa leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Seoul 75: Genoa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Seoul 77: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Seoul 50: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Seoul.

Your match

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

Genoa
61match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaSeoul
Official languageItalianKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation20 m38 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaSeoul
City population558,7459,668,465
People per km²2,32515,973
Museums within 10 km5181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months2 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.