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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Miami Beach?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Miami Beach 62: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Miami Beach 52: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Miami Beach 80: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Miami Beach 55: Berlin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Miami Beach 60: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Miami Beach 58: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Miami Beach 55: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Miami Beach 20: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Miami Beach 55: Berlin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Miami Beach 48: Berlin leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMiami Beach
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 m1 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMiami Beach
City population3,700,57782,890
People per km²4,1532,109
Museums within 10 km15714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.