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The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Jose 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 Jose for

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. San Jose 30, Verona 44: Verona leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. San Jose 56, Verona 66: Verona leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. San Jose 36, Verona 76: Verona leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. San Jose 33, Verona 37: Verona leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Jose 72, Verona 65: San Jose leads by 7 points.
Day trips. San Jose 78, Verona 92: Verona leads by 14 points.
Good for families. San Jose 65, Verona 66: Verona leads by 1 points.
Getting around. San Jose 30, Verona 68: Verona leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. San Jose 48, Verona 52: Verona leads by 4 points.
Affordability. San Jose 20, Verona 46: Verona leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Jose 38, Verona 66: Verona leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Jose 30, Verona 48: Verona leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Jose and Verona.

Your match

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

San Jose
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

San Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °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 JoseVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JoseVerona
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
Elevation25 m59 m
Main airportMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 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 JoseVerona
City population1,013,240255,588
People per km²2,1671,285
Museums within 10 km1918
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.