Photos: Aarhus by Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.
Aarhus or Boston?
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 Aarhus for
- wellness
- getting around
- prices
What lies behind each score is written up on Aarhus’s own page.
Choose Boston for
- live music and the arts
- culture and sights
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on Boston’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aarhus and Boston.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.
Wins on live music and the arts 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.
Aarhus in July
Boston in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Aarhus's temperatures are measured 30 km from the centre, at Tirstrup.
Aarhus 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.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Aarhus | Boston |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Danish | - |
| Currency | Danish Krone (DKK) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | CEFK230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 911 |
| Elevation | 6 m | 43 m |
| Main airport | Aarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre15 non-stop destinations | Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Aarhus | Boston |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 290,598 | 675,647 |
| People per km² | 3,193 | 2,910 |
| Museums within 10 km | 17 | 51 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | None |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Aarhus or Boston somewhere new.