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Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cape Town or Nuremberg?

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 Cape Town for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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. Cape Town 58, Nuremberg 14: Cape Town leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Cape Town 72, Nuremberg 53: Cape Town leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Cape Town 60, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Cape Town 60, Nuremberg 40: Cape Town leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cape Town 98, Nuremberg 56: Cape Town leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Cape Town 68, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cape Town 58, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cape Town 35, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Cape Town 50, Nuremberg 45: Cape Town leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cape Town 72, Nuremberg 50: Cape Town leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cape Town and Nuremberg are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Cape Town 45, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cape Town and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Cape Town
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cape TownNuremberg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCape TownNuremberg
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageGerman
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation5 m209 m
Main airportCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCape TownNuremberg
City population3,776,313531,159
People per km²1,5382,848
Museums within 10 km2250
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.