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Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Seoul or Venice?

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 Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Venice for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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. Seoul 18, Venice 56: Venice leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Seoul 84, Venice 60: Seoul leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Seoul 75, Venice 94: Venice leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Seoul 84, Venice 27: Seoul leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seoul 75, Venice 45: Seoul leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Seoul 77, Venice 86: Venice leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Seoul 80, Venice 45: Seoul leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Seoul 87, Venice 68: Seoul leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Seoul 85, Venice 57: Seoul leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Seoul 50, Venice 20: Seoul leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seoul 63, Venice 62: Seoul leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seoul 75, Venice 40: Seoul leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seoul and Venice.

Your match

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

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Venice
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeoulVenice
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageItalian
CurrencyWon (KRW)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation38 m2 m
Main airportIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeoulVenice
City population9,668,465250,369
People per km²15,973602
Museums within 10 km8152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km55
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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). 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.