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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dresden or Maastricht?

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 Dresden for

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

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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. Dresden 10, Maastricht 8: Dresden leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Maastricht 60: Dresden leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Maastricht 42: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Maastricht 58: Dresden leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Maastricht 55: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dresden and Maastricht are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Maastricht 38: Dresden leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Maastricht 40: Dresden leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DresdenMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenMaastricht
Official languageGermanDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation126 m49 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenMaastricht
City population562,764120,227
People per km²1,7132,000
Museums within 10 km7021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.