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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Atlanta or Tokyo?

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

Atlanta does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AtlantaTokyo

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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaTokyo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation225 m6 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaTokyo
City population498,71514,264,798
People per km²1,4336,501
Museums within 10 km27192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.