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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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. Tokyo 40, Venice 56: Venice leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Venice 60: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Venice 94: Venice leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Venice 27: Tokyo leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Venice 45: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Venice 86: Venice leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Venice 45: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Venice 68: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Venice 57: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Venice 20: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Venice 62: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Venice 40: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Venice.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

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.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoVenice
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoVenice
City population14,264,798250,369
People per km²6,501602
Museums within 10 km19252
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.