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The Semperoper, Dresden
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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dresden or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Mombasa 55: Dresden leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Mombasa 46: Dresden leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden and Mombasa are level on 74.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Mombasa 45: Dresden leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Mombasa 45: Dresden leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Mombasa 30: Dresden leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Mombasa 35: Dresden leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Mombasa 22: Dresden leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Mombasa 40: Dresden leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Mombasa.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenMombasa
Official languageGermanEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation126 m50 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenMombasa
City population562,7641,208,333
People per km²1,7134,100
Museums within 10 km700
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.