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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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. San Francisco 25, Verona 44: Verona leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Verona 66: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Verona 76: Verona leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Verona 37: San Francisco leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Verona 65: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
Day trips. San Francisco 72, Verona 92: Verona leads by 20 points.
Good for families. San Francisco and Verona are level on 66.
Getting around. San Francisco 70, Verona 68: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Verona 52: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Affordability. San Francisco 14, Verona 46: Verona leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Verona 66: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco 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: San Francisco and Verona.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

San Francisco
59match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on prices 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.

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 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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San FranciscoVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoVerona
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation16 m59 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoVerona
City population873,965255,588
People per km²1,4551,285
Museums within 10 km5118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.