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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • families

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. Charleston 72, Yokohama 46: Charleston leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Charleston and Yokohama are level on 72.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Yokohama 55: Charleston leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Charleston and Yokohama are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 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: Charleston and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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

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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CharlestonYokohama

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. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonYokohama
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation6 m24 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonYokohama
City population150,2273,757,630
People per km²5328,585
Museums within 10 km1938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.