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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dresden or New York?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose New York for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, New York 92: New York leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, New York 89: New York leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, New York 97: New York leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, New York 55: Dresden leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, New York 68: Dresden leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, New York 70: New York leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, New York 82: New York leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, New York 97: New York leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, New York 12: Dresden leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, New York 99: New York leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden and New York are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and New York.

Your match

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

Dresden
57match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DresdenNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenNew York
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
Elevation126 m25 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenNew York
City population562,7648,804,190
People per km²1,7137,256
Museums within 10 km70157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.