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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Berlin or Los Angeles?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Los Angeles 66: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Los Angeles 67: Berlin leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Los Angeles 60: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Los Angeles 25: Berlin leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Los Angeles 24: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Los Angeles 83: Berlin leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Los Angeles
64match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinLos Angeles
City population3,700,5773,898,747
People per km²4,1532,994
Museums within 10 km15739
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.