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Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Sorrento or Ushuaia?

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 Sorrento for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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. Sorrento 60, Ushuaia 3: Sorrento leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Sorrento 60, Ushuaia 40: Sorrento leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Sorrento 32, Ushuaia 22: Sorrento leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Sorrento 28, Ushuaia 18: Sorrento leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sorrento 80, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Sorrento 95, Ushuaia 14: Sorrento leads by 81 points.
Good for families. Sorrento 42, Ushuaia 40: Sorrento leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Sorrento 58, Ushuaia 45: Sorrento leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Sorrento 38, Ushuaia 22: Sorrento leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Sorrento 32, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sorrento 20, Ushuaia 10: Sorrento leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sorrento 48, Ushuaia 26: Sorrento leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sorrento and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Sorrento
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sorrento 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.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSorrentoUshuaia
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation50 m23 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSorrentoUshuaia
City population15,40782,615
People per km²1,5413,592
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.