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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Palermo or Wellington?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Palermo leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Wellington 62: Palermo leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Wellington 44: Palermo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Wellington 45: Palermo leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Wellington 40: Palermo leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Wellington 42: Palermo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Wellington 33: Palermo leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Wellington 56: Palermo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo and Wellington are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Wellington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoWellington
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation14 m0 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoWellington
City population630,167216,200
People per km²3,924487
Museums within 10 km4212
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.