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Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Verona or Victoria Falls?

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 Verona for

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

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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. Verona 44, Victoria Falls 7: Verona leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Verona 66, Victoria Falls 24: Verona leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Verona 76, Victoria Falls 12: Verona leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Verona 37, Victoria Falls 8: Verona leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Verona 65, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Verona 92, Victoria Falls 22: Verona leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Verona 66, Victoria Falls 38: Verona leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Verona 68, Victoria Falls 45: Verona leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Verona 52, Victoria Falls 18: Verona leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Verona 46, Victoria Falls 32: Verona leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Verona 66, Victoria Falls 10: Verona leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Verona 48, Victoria Falls 34: Verona leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Verona and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on 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.

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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VeronaVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVeronaVictoria Falls
Official languageItalianEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation59 m961 m
Main airportVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVeronaVictoria Falls
City population255,58833,060
People per km²1,285-
Museums within 10 km182
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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. 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.