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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Mombasa 82, Verona 44: Mombasa leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Verona 66: Verona leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Verona 76: Verona leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Verona 37: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Verona 65: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Verona 92: Verona leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Verona 68: Verona leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Verona 52: Verona leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Verona 46: Mombasa leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Verona 66: Verona leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Verona 48: Verona leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Verona.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

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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MombasaVerona

Where the figures come from

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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaVerona
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliItalian
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m59 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaVerona
City population1,208,333255,588
People per km²4,1001,285
Museums within 10 km018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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. 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.