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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Las Vegas?

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

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Las Vegas 25: Berlin leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Las Vegas 88: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Las Vegas 25: Berlin leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Las Vegas 25: Berlin leads by 51 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Las Vegas 38: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Las Vegas 64: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Las Vegas 35: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Las Vegas 78: Berlin leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on culture and sights and families with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
16 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinLas Vegas
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m610 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinLas Vegas
City population3,700,577641,903
People per km²4,1531,843
Museums within 10 km15721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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.