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Gastown, Vancouver
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Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Vancouver 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 Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Vancouver 42, Verona 44: Verona leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Vancouver 72, Verona 66: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Vancouver 42, Verona 76: Verona leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Vancouver 42, Verona 37: Vancouver leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vancouver 97, Verona 65: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Vancouver 45, Verona 92: Verona leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Vancouver 72, Verona 66: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Vancouver 73, Verona 68: Vancouver leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Vancouver 55, Verona 52: Vancouver leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Vancouver 27, Verona 46: Verona leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vancouver 52, Verona 66: Verona leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vancouver 50, Verona 48: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vancouver and Verona.

Your match

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

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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.

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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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VancouverVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVancouverVerona
Official languageFrench, EnglishItalian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m59 m
Main airportVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVancouverVerona
City population662,248255,588
People per km²5,7591,285
Museums within 10 km2618
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.