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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Tirana?

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

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

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Tirana 57: Amsterdam leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Tirana 42: Amsterdam leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Tirana 58: Amsterdam leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Tirana 64: Amsterdam leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Tirana 40: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Tirana 54: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Tirana 32: Amsterdam leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Tirana 32: Amsterdam leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Tirana 27: Amsterdam leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Tirana.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamTirana
Official languageDutchAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation-2 m110 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamTirana
City population921,468389,323
People per km²4,2089,314
Museums within 10 km10111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.