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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Verona for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Madrid 5, Verona 44: Verona leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Verona 66: Madrid leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Verona 76: Madrid leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Verona 37: Madrid leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Verona 65: Verona leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Verona 92: Verona leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Verona 66: Madrid leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Verona 68: Madrid leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Verona 52: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Verona 46: Madrid leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Verona 66: Madrid leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Verona 48: Verona leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Verona.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridVerona
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation663 m59 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridVerona
City population3,506,730255,588
People per km²5,8011,285
Museums within 10 km8818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.