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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Genoa or Telluride?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Genoa leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Telluride 38: Genoa leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Telluride 20: Genoa leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Telluride 20: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Telluride 30: Genoa leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Telluride 45: Genoa leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Genoa and Telluride are level on 66.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Telluride 25: Genoa leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Telluride 7: Genoa leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Telluride 35: Genoa leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Telluride.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaTelluride
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m2,667 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaTelluride
City population558,7452,607
People per km²2,3251,372
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.