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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Austin or Frankfurt?

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 Austin for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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. Austin 30, Frankfurt 8: Austin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Frankfurt 52: Austin leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Frankfurt 60: Frankfurt leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Frankfurt 52: Austin leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Frankfurt 58: Frankfurt leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Frankfurt 38: Frankfurt leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Frankfurt 68: Austin leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Frankfurt
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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinFrankfurt
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m101 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinFrankfurt
City population961,855760,656
People per km²1,2173,063
Museums within 10 km2153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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.