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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Berlin or Tampa?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Tampa 57: Berlin leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Tampa 42: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Tampa 52: Berlin leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Tampa 54: Berlin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Tampa 22: Berlin leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Tampa 40: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Tampa 40: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Tampa 47: Berlin leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Tampa 30: Berlin leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Tampa.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinTampa
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m30 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinTampa
City population3,700,577384,959
People per km²4,153848
Museums within 10 km1576
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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.