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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin or Tirana?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Tirana 57: Berlin leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Tirana 42: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Tirana 58: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Tirana 64: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Tirana 40: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Tirana 54: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Tirana 32: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Tirana 32: Berlin leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Tirana 27: Berlin leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Tirana.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinTirana
Official languageGermanAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m110 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinTirana
City population3,700,577389,323
People per km²4,1539,314
Museums within 10 km15711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.