Genoa or The Hague?
Two destinations compared on nine measures of openly sourced data. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.
Your match
Too close to call, 1 point apart
Wins on year-round weather and beaches & swimming with your weighting.
Wins on places to eat and nature & day trips with your weighting.
What matters to you?
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Scoreboard
Each measure scored 0 to 100. Open a row for the figures behind the score.
Beaches & swimming. Genoa leads by 13 points.13
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 73 | 60 |
| Swim season months | 4 | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 37 | 34 |
| Coast distance | 0 km | 3 km |
| Water distance | 0 km | 3 km |
Places to eat. The Hague leads by 20 points.20
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50 | 70 |
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 691 | 798 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 14 | 43 |
Museums & heritage. The Hague leads by 7 points.7
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 55 | 62 |
| Museums within 10 km | 47 | 46 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 33 | 26 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 70 | 57 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 1 | 4 |
Nightlife. Genoa leads by 4 points.4
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50 | 46 |
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 637 | 511 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 419 | 288 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 66 | 56 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 17 | 19 |
Nature & day trips. The Hague leads by 19 points.19
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 35 | 54 |
| Protected land share 50 km % | 8 | 8 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 0 | 0 |
| Land share of disc % | 61 | 56 |
| Park area within 2 km | 29 hectares | 159 hectares |
Good for families. The Hague leads by 18 points.18
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 38 | 56 |
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 21 | 10 |
| Park area within 2 km | 29 hectares | 159 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 0 | 7 |
Sights concentration. Genoa leads by 7 points.7
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 61 | 54 |
| Notable places within 2 km | 130 | 86 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 | 5 |
Value for money. Genoa leads by 10 points.10
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 68 | 58 |
| Price level global | 64.9 | 79.2 |
| Daily budget | €155 | €181 |
Year-round weather. Genoa leads by 19 points.19
| Genoa | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 73 | 54 |
| Monthly daytime high | 11.7 °C to 27.9 °C | 6.1 °C to 21.3 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 12 mm to 122 mm | 42 mm to 85 mm |
| Dry months | 3 | 0 |
When should you go?
The figures behind each month. Each row is shaded against that destination's own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | Genoa | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| MadridMAD | 2 h 0 m €63-91 MXP · 137 km | 2 h 25 m €160-183 AMS · 40 km |
| New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA | 8 h 15 m €542-635 1 stop MXP · 137 km | 7 h 35 m €512-556 1 stop AMS · 40 km |
| DubaiDXB, DWC | 6 h 10 m €375-563 MXP · 137 km | 6 h 45 m €318-346 1 stop AMS · 40 km |
| CopenhagenCPH | 2 h 0 m €93-109 MXP · 137 km | 1 h 25 m €171-212 1 stop AMS · 40 km |
| ManchesterMAN | 2 h 0 m no fares MXP · 137 km | 1 h 15 m €145-187 AMS · 40 km |
| DublinDUB | 2 h 20 m no fares MXP · 137 km | 1 h 35 m €69-96 AMS · 40 km |
| ParisCDG, ORY, BVA | 1 h 30 m no fares GOA · 7 km | 1 h 10 m €178-300 AMS · 40 km |
| IstanbulIST, SAW | 2 h 40 m €140-309 MXP · 137 km | 3 h 15 m €140-185 RTM · 16 km |
| ShanghaiPVG, SHA | 11 h 25 m no fares MXP · 137 km | 11 h 10 m no fares AMS · 40 km |
| Sao PauloGRU, VCP, CGH, RTE | 11 h 50 m €1,114-1167 2 stops MXP · 137 km | 12 h 10 m no fares AMS · 40 km |
The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | Genoa | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Italian | Dutch |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CFL230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 or 911 |
| Elevation | 20 m | 1 m |
| Main airport | Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre23 non-stop destinations | Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre45 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Genoa | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 558,745 | 548,320 |
| People per km² | 2,325 | 5,589 |
| Museums within 10 km | 51 | 54 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 4 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 41 | 77 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 4 months | None |
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