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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Durban or Frankfurt?

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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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. Durban 80, Frankfurt 8: Durban leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Durban 60, Frankfurt 52: Durban leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Frankfurt 60: Frankfurt leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Durban 40, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Frankfurt 58: Durban leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Durban 72, Frankfurt 38: Durban leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Durban 40, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanFrankfurt
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageGerman
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m101 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanFrankfurt
City population595,061760,656
People per km²2,6343,063
Museums within 10 km153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.