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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Austin or Hamburg?

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

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Austin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Hamburg 55: Austin leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Hamburg 52: Austin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Hamburg 38: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinHamburg
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 m6 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinHamburg
City population961,8551,869,473
People per km²1,2172,476
Museums within 10 km2177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.