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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cartagena or Yokohama?

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 Cartagena for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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. Cartagena 70, Yokohama 46: Cartagena leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Yokohama 55: Cartagena leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Yokohama 44: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Yokohama 55: Cartagena leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaYokohama
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+9
Emergency number123Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m24 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaYokohama
City population914,5523,757,630
People per km²1,5998,585
Museums within 10 km238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.