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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Charleston or Tallinn?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Charleston leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Tallinn 52: Charleston leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Charleston and Tallinn are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston and Tallinn are level on 55.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Tallinn 58: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Charleston and Tallinn are level on 60.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Tallinn 40: Charleston leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CharlestonTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonTallinn
Official language-Estonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m28 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonTallinn
City population150,227457,572
People per km²5322,871
Museums within 10 km1916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.