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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Atlanta or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, The Hague 48: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, The Hague 38: Atlanta leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, The Hague 52: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, The Hague 35: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, The Hague 58: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and The Hague.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaThe Hague
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 m1 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaThe Hague
City population498,715548,320
People per km²1,4335,589
Museums within 10 km2754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.