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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Charleston?

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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Charleston for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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. Berlin 38, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Charleston 64: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Charleston 44: Berlin leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Charleston 62: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Charleston 60: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Charleston 46: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Charleston 55: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Charleston 27: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Charleston 42: Berlin leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Charleston 40: Berlin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Charleston.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinCharleston
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m6 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinCharleston
City population3,700,577150,227
People per km²4,153532
Museums within 10 km15719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.