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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

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

Berlin or Maastricht?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Maastricht 58: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Maastricht 60: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Maastricht 42: Berlin leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Maastricht 55: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Maastricht 74: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Maastricht 60: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Maastricht 38: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Maastricht 40: Berlin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Maastricht 52: Berlin leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMaastricht
Official languageGermanDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m49 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMaastricht
City population3,700,577120,227
People per km²4,1532,000
Museums within 10 km15721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.