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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Berlin or Miami?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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 90: Miami leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Miami 72: Miami leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Miami 57: Berlin leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Miami 82: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Miami 64: Miami leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Miami 42: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Miami 64: Berlin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Miami 35: Berlin leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Miami 71: Miami leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Miami 27: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Miami 55: Berlin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Miami 44: Berlin leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Miami.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Miami
59match

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 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

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

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMiami
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 m2 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMiami
City population3,700,577442,241
People per km²4,1533,046
Museums within 10 km15717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.