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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Busan or New Orleans?

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 Busan for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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. Busan 68, New Orleans 14: Busan leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, New Orleans 42: Busan leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, New Orleans 52: Busan leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, New Orleans 55: Busan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Busan 68, New Orleans 55: Busan leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Busan 60, New Orleans 54: Busan leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Busan 56, New Orleans 40: Busan leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, New Orleans 25: Busan leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BusanNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanNew Orleans
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign Language-
CurrencyWon (KRW)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119911
Elevation30 m-2 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanNew Orleans
City population3,453,198383,997
People per km²4,486423
Museums within 10 km716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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.