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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin or Nairobi?

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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Nairobi 48: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Nairobi 35: Berlin leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Nairobi 58: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Nairobi 28: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Nairobi 55: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Nairobi 20: Berlin leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Nairobi 45: Berlin leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Nairobi 35: Berlin leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Nairobi 25: Berlin leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinNairobi
Official languageGermanEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation34 m1,661 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinNairobi
City population3,700,5775,545,000
People per km²4,1537,967
Museums within 10 km1574
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.