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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Rome?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Rome for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Rome 82: Rome leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Rome 99: Rome leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Rome 58: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Rome 58: Rome leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Rome 92: Rome leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Rome 50: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Rome 60: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Rome 72: Rome leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Rome 38: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Rome 68: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Rome 40: Berlin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Rome.

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 families with your weighting.

Rome
64match

Wins on day trips 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinRome
Official languageGermanItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m21 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinRome
City population3,700,5772,748,109
People per km²4,1532,135
Museums within 10 km157178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km47
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.