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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Austin 30, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, The Hague 48: Austin leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, The Hague 38: Austin leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, The Hague 52: Austin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, The Hague 58: Austin leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and The Hague.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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.

Austin in July

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

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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinThe Hague
Official language-Dutch
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 m1 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinThe Hague
City population961,855548,320
People per km²1,2175,589
Museums within 10 km2154
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.