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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Genoa or Washington DC?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Genoa leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Washington DC 67: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Washington DC 64: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Washington DC 73: Genoa leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Washington DC 28: Genoa leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Washington DC 26: Genoa leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Washington DC.

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 prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaWashington DC
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m72 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaWashington DC
City population558,745689,545
People per km²2,3253,896
Museums within 10 km5198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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.