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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Belfast 20, Frankfurt 8: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Frankfurt 60: Frankfurt leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Frankfurt 58: Belfast leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Frankfurt 38: Belfast leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Belfast
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness 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.

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastFrankfurt
Official languageEnglishGerman
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation3 m101 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastFrankfurt
City population345,006760,656
People per km²3,0003,063
Museums within 10 km853
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.