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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Palermo or Victoria?

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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria for

  • families
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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. Palermo 77, Victoria 28: Palermo leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Victoria 50: Palermo leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Victoria 42: Palermo leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Victoria 30: Palermo leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Victoria 54: Palermo leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Victoria 40: Palermo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Victoria 34: Palermo leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Victoria 40: Palermo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Victoria.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on families 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.

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoVictoria
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m23 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoVictoria
City population630,16791,867
People per km²3,9244,711
Museums within 10 km426
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.