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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Berlin or Seoul?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Seoul 75: Berlin leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Seoul 84: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Seoul 63: Berlin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Seoul.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Berlin
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
71match

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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinSeoul

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinSeoul
Official languageGermanKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation34 m38 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinSeoul
City population3,700,5779,668,465
People per km²4,15315,973
Museums within 10 km15781
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.