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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Scottsdale 46: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Scottsdale 38: Berlin leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Scottsdale 52: Berlin leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Scottsdale 50: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Scottsdale 60: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Scottsdale 20: Berlin leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Scottsdale 60: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Scottsdale 32: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Scottsdale 40: Berlin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinScottsdale
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m380 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinScottsdale
City population3,700,577241,361
People per km²4,153-
Museums within 10 km15710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.