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Macau or Rome?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

The Colosseum, Rome
Rome

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Macau
46
match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Rome
✓ Best match
64
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

MacauRome
Beaches & swimming. Rome leads by 26 points.26
Food & drink. Rome leads by 5 points.5
Culture & sights. Rome leads by 37 points.37
Nightlife. Rome leads by 18 points.18
Nature & outdoors. Rome leads by 53 points.53
Day trips. Rome leads by 40 points.40
Good for families. Rome leads by 2 points.2
Getting around. Macau and Rome are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Rome leads by 14 points.14
Affordability. Macau leads by 6 points.6
Live music & performing arts. Rome leads by 32 points.32
Wellness & relaxation. Macau and Rome are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Rome.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyMacauRome
Daytime high32 °C31 °C
Night-time low26 °C19 °C
Rainfall in the month281 mm21 mm
Sunshine7 hours a day11 hours a day
Sea temperature29 °C25 °C
Daylight13 hours a day15 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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M
A
M
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A
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N
D
Daytime high, °C
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Rome
12
13
16
18
24
28
31
31
27
22
17
13
Sea temperature, °C
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rome
15
14
14
15
18
22
25
25
24
21
19
16
Rainfall, mm
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Rome
67
69
57
75
62
33
21
38
70
97
114
103
Daylight, hours per day
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Rome
10
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5
Rome
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
11
8
6
4
4

Where the figures come from

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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromMacauRome
ShanghaiPVG, SHA
2 h 10 m
€159-193
MFM · 7 km
11 h 25 m
no fares
FCO · 23 km
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
11 h 55 m
€586-713
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
2 h 0 m
€91-122
FCO · 23 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
2 h 35 m
€180-240
MFM · 7 km
11 h 5 m
no fares
FCO · 23 km
MadridMAD
13 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
2 h 15 m
€98-119
FCO · 23 km
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
12 h 0 m
€570-666
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
2 h 20 m
€76-143
1 stop
FCO · 23 km
BarcelonaBCN
12 h 30 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
1 h 40 m
€44-74
FCO · 23 km
SeoulICN, GMP
3 h 10 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
11 h 15 m
€630-760
FCO · 23 km
New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA
15 h 55 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
8 h 45 m
€446-597
FCO · 23 km
Abu DhabiAUH
7 h 45 m
€690-962
2 stops
HKG · 41 km
5 h 45 m
€280-355
2 stops
FCO · 23 km
Mexico CityMEX, NLU, TLC
17 h 15 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
12 h 40 m
no fares
FCO · 23 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 2026-10 to 2026-12, 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

MeasureMacauRome
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseItalian
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation22 m21 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauRome
City population682,1002,748,109
People per km²5,9162,135
Museums within 10 km28177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.