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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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. Penang and Verona are level on 44.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Verona 66: Penang leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, Verona 76: Verona leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, Verona 37: Penang leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Verona 65: Verona leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Verona 92: Verona leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Verona 68: Verona leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, Verona 52: Verona leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, Verona 46: Penang leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Verona 66: Verona leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, Verona 48: Verona leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and Verona.

Your match

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

Penang
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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.

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °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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PenangVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangVerona
Official languageMalayItalian
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m59 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangVerona
City population794,313255,588
People per km²-1,285
Museums within 10 km918
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.