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Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Verona or Yokohama?

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

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

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • families
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Verona 66, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Verona 76, Yokohama 55: Verona leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Verona 37, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Verona 65, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Verona 92, Yokohama 86: Verona leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Verona 66, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Verona 68, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Verona 52, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Verona 46, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Verona 66, Yokohama 56: Verona leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Verona 48, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Verona and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Verona
61match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on families and getting around 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVeronaYokohama
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation59 m24 m
Main airportVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureVeronaYokohama
City population255,5883,757,630
People per km²1,2858,585
Museums within 10 km1838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.