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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License.

Beijing or Berlin?

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 Beijing for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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. Beijing 6, Berlin 38: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Berlin 66: Beijing leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Berlin 86: Beijing leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Berlin 98: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Berlin 50: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Berlin 66: Beijing leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Berlin 76: Berlin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Berlin 82: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Berlin 68: Beijing leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Berlin 48: Beijing leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Berlin 90: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing and Berlin are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Berlin.

Your match

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

Beijing
65match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 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. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingBerlin
Official languagePutonghuaGerman
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m34 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingBerlin
City population21,893,0953,700,577
People per km²1,3344,153
Museums within 10 km83157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64

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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.