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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Tokyo?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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. Adelaide 68, Tokyo 40: Adelaide leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideTokyo
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1 m6 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideTokyo
City population1,387,29014,264,798
People per km²1,0716,501
Museums within 10 km13192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Tokyo somewhere new.

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.