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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Beijing or Tallinn?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Tallinn 52: Beijing leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Tallinn 68: Beijing leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Tallinn 44: Beijing leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Tallinn 55: Beijing leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Tallinn 58: Beijing leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Tallinn 60: Beijing leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Tallinn 40: Beijing leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Tallinn 47: Beijing leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Tallinn 50: Beijing leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Tallinn 50: Beijing leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingTallinn
Official languagePutonghuaEstonian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m28 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingTallinn
City population21,893,095457,572
People per km²1,3342,871
Museums within 10 km8316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.