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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Plovdiv 7, Verona 44: Verona leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Verona 66: Verona leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Verona 76: Verona leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Verona 37: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Verona 65: Plovdiv leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Verona 92: Verona leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Verona 66: Verona leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Verona 68: Verona leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Verona 52: Verona leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Verona 46: Plovdiv leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Verona 66: Verona leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Verona 48: Verona leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Verona.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivVerona
Official languageBulgarianItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m59 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivVerona
City population333,994255,588
People per km²3,2741,285
Museums within 10 km1818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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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. 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. 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.