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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

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

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. Muscat 72, Verona 44: Muscat leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Verona 66: Verona leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Verona 76: Verona leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Verona 37: Verona leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Verona 65: Muscat leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Verona 92: Verona leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Verona 68: Verona leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Verona 52: Verona leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Verona 46: Verona leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Verona 66: Verona leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Verona 48: Muscat leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Verona.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatVerona
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m59 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatVerona
City population1,421,409255,588
People per km²4061,285
Museums within 10 km1018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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). 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. 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.