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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin or Oaxaca?

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
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Berlin leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Oaxaca 74: Berlin leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Oaxaca 40: Berlin leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Oaxaca 65: Berlin leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Oaxaca 40: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Oaxaca 55: Berlin leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Oaxaca 62: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Oaxaca 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Oaxaca 50: Berlin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Oaxaca.

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.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinOaxaca
Official languageGermanSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m1,555 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinOaxaca
City population3,700,577258,913
People per km²4,1533,028
Museums within 10 km15710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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. 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.