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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin or Virginia Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Virginia Beach 42: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Virginia Beach 30: Berlin leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Virginia Beach 37: Berlin leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Virginia Beach 64: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Virginia Beach 75: Berlin leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Virginia Beach 27: Berlin leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Virginia Beach 32: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Virginia Beach 40: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Virginia Beach 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Virginia Beach 32: Berlin leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Virginia Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinVirginia Beach
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 m7 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinVirginia Beach
City population3,700,577459,470
People per km²4,153-
Museums within 10 km1572
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.