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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Muscat?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Muscat 44: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Muscat 55: Berlin leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Muscat 14: Berlin leads by 84 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Muscat 62: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Muscat 52: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Muscat 20: Berlin leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Muscat 42: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Muscat 45: Berlin leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Muscat 40: Berlin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin and Muscat are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Muscat.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMuscat
Official languageGermanArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation34 m69 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMuscat
City population3,700,5771,421,409
People per km²4,153406
Museums within 10 km15710
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. 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.