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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Bucharest or Hamburg?

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 Bucharest for

  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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. Bucharest 8, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest and Hamburg are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Hamburg 52: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Hamburg 38: Bucharest leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Hamburg 44: Bucharest leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Bucharest
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BucharestHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestHamburg
Official languageRomanianGerman
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation70 m6 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestHamburg
City population1,716,9611,869,473
People per km²7,5972,476
Museums within 10 km4177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.