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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Atlanta or Maastricht?

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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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. Atlanta 10, Maastricht 8: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Maastricht 58: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Maastricht 42: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Maastricht 58: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Maastricht 55: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Maastricht 38: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Maastricht 40: Atlanta leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaMaastricht
Official language-Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m49 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaMaastricht
City population498,715120,227
People per km²1,4332,000
Museums within 10 km2721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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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. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.