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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Rome for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Miami 90, Rome 50: Miami leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Rome 82: Rome leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Rome 99: Rome leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Rome 58: Miami leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Rome 58: Miami leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Rome 92: Rome leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Rome 50: Miami leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Rome 60: Rome leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Rome 72: Rome leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Rome 38: Rome leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Rome 68: Rome leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Rome 40: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Rome.

Your match

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

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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

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. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiRome
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m21 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiRome
City population442,2412,748,109
People per km²3,0462,135
Museums within 10 km17178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

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. 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.