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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Milan or Mombasa?

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 Milan for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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. Milan 20, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Mombasa 60: Milan leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Mombasa 55: Milan leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Mombasa 46: Milan leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Mombasa 45: Milan leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Mombasa 45: Milan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Mombasa 30: Milan leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Mombasa 35: Milan leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Mombasa 22: Milan leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Mombasa 40: Milan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanMombasa
Official languageItalianEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation138 m50 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanMombasa
City population1,354,1961,208,333
People per km²7,4534,100
Museums within 10 km880
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.