Genoa
City in Italy: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Genoa is a city in Italy, in Liguria. About 580,097 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Italy in our atlas.
It lies at 44.40° N, 8.94° E, about 19 m (62 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Rome time zone.
Location
Red dot: Genoa. Green dots: other major cities of Italy. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Genoa has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 1°C (34°F). Around 836 mm (33 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ItalyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Milan · 119 km
- Turin · 124 km
- Bologna · 190 km
- Florence · 195 km
- Verona · 199 km
- Rome · 397 km
- Naples · 578 km
- Bari · 727 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3176219 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q33675638 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Stadio Luigi Ferraris villa Piantelli: Agnus-ge61, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palazzo rosso 00: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palazzo Ducale piazza Matteotti 2: Piergiulio90, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, complesso intero: Alessandro.photographer - Teatroge, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Acquario di Genova: Stillyna at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Piazza De Ferrari vista da Palazzo Ducale, coi suoi vari palazzi, Genova, Italia.: ValeDeNe / Teatroge, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Genova, palazzo reale, controfacciata 03: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palazzo Bianco 02: Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
