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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Santa Marta 70, Verona 44: Santa Marta leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Verona 66: Verona leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Verona 76: Verona leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta 50, Verona 37: Santa Marta leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Verona 65: Santa Marta leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Verona 92: Verona leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Verona 66: Verona leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Verona 68: Verona leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Verona 52: Verona leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta 80, Verona 46: Santa Marta leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Verona 66: Verona leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 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: Santa Marta and Verona.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and beaches 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.

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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Santa MartaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaVerona
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation8 m59 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaVerona
City population505,915255,588
People per km²1,7231,285
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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). 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. 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. 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.