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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ghent or Rome?

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 Ghent for

  • getting around

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

Choose Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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. Ghent 25, Rome 50: Rome leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Rome 82: Rome leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Rome 99: Rome leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Rome 58: Rome leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Rome 58: Rome leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Rome 92: Rome leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Ghent and Rome are level on 50.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Rome 60: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Rome 72: Rome leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Ghent and Rome are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Rome 68: Rome leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Rome 40: Rome leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Rome.

Your match

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

Ghent
54match

Wins on getting around with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentRome
Official languageFrench, German, DutchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m21 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentRome
City population272,6572,748,109
People per km²1,7282,135
Museums within 10 km30178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km57
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.