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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kyoto or Verona?

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 Kyoto for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Verona for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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. Kyoto 15, Verona 44: Verona leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Verona 66: Kyoto leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Verona 76: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Verona 37: Verona leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Verona 65: Kyoto leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Verona 92: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, Verona 66: Kyoto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Verona 68: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Verona 52: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Verona 46: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Verona 66: Verona leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Verona 48: Kyoto leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Verona.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on beaches 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.

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoVerona
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation51 m59 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoVerona
City population1,463,723255,588
People per km²1,7681,285
Museums within 10 km7718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.