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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Verona for

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

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. Tirana 46, Verona 44: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Verona 66: Verona leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Verona 76: Verona leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Verona 37: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Verona 65: Verona leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Verona 92: Verona leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Verona 66: Verona leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Verona 68: Verona leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Verona 52: Verona leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Verona 46: Tirana leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Verona 66: Verona leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Verona 48: Verona leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Verona.

Your match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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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TiranaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaVerona
Official languageAlbanianItalian
CurrencyLek (ALL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation110 m59 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaVerona
City population389,323255,588
People per km²9,3141,285
Museums within 10 km1118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.