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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Charleston or Frankfurt?

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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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. Charleston 72, Frankfurt 8: Charleston leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Frankfurt 52: Charleston leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Frankfurt 60: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Frankfurt 58: Frankfurt leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Frankfurt 38: Frankfurt leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 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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CharlestonFrankfurt

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonFrankfurt
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m101 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonFrankfurt
City population150,227760,656
People per km²5323,063
Museums within 10 km1953
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.