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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Rehoboth Beach 44: Amsterdam leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Rehoboth Beach 14: Amsterdam leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Rehoboth Beach 40: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Rehoboth Beach 50: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Rehoboth Beach 70: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Rehoboth Beach 50: Amsterdam leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Rehoboth Beach 45: Amsterdam leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Rehoboth Beach 28: Amsterdam leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Rehoboth Beach 32: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

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

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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.

Rehoboth Beach 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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamRehoboth Beach
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m5 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamRehoboth Beach
City population921,4681,108
People per km²4,208258
Museums within 10 km1012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.