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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cologne or Daytona Beach?

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 Cologne for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Daytona Beach for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Daytona Beach’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. Cologne 14, Daytona Beach 80: Daytona Beach leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Daytona Beach 36: Cologne leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Daytona Beach 30: Cologne leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Daytona Beach 40: Cologne leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne and Daytona Beach are level on 56.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Daytona Beach 66: Cologne leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Daytona Beach 60: Cologne leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Daytona Beach 18: Cologne leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Daytona Beach 27: Cologne leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cologne and Daytona Beach are level on 46.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Daytona Beach 30: Cologne leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Daytona Beach 30: Cologne leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Daytona Beach.

Your match

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

Cologne
Best match
58match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytona Beach in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CologneDaytona Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneDaytona Beach
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation59 m4 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCologneDaytona Beach
City population1,025,52372,647
People per km²2,532440
Museums within 10 km406
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.