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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Copenhagen 40, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Yokohama 72: Copenhagen leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Yokohama 55: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Yokohama 44: Copenhagen leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Yokohama 60: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Yokohama 56: Copenhagen leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Yokohama
64match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenYokohama
Official languageDanishJapanese
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation14 m24 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenYokohama
City population667,0993,757,630
People per km²7,3398,585
Museums within 10 km7238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.