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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Nashville?

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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nashville for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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. Amsterdam 25, Nashville 14: Amsterdam leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Nashville 50: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Nashville 70: Amsterdam leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Nashville 46: Amsterdam leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Nashville 52: Amsterdam leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Nashville 55: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Nashville 30: Amsterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Nashville 42: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Nashville 20: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Nashville.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamNashville
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m182 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamNashville
City population921,468689,447
People per km²4,208506
Museums within 10 km10112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. 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.