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Frankfurt or Macau?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
Frankfurt

Photo: Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

Your match

Frankfurt
✓ Best match
56
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Macau
46
match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

FrankfurtMacau
Beaches & swimming. Macau leads by 16 points.16
Food & drink. Macau leads by 25 points.25
Culture & sights. Macau leads by 2 points.2
Nightlife. Frankfurt leads by 12 points.12
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt leads by 53 points.53
Day trips. Frankfurt leads by 34 points.34
Good for families. Frankfurt leads by 14 points.14
Getting around. Frankfurt leads by 18 points.18
Shopping & style. Macau leads by 2 points.2
Affordability. Macau leads by 6 points.6
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt leads by 32 points.32
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt leads by 12 points.12
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Macau.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyFrankfurtMacau
Daytime high26 °C32 °C
Night-time low16 °C26 °C
Rainfall in the month68 mm281 mm
Sunshine8 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea29 °C
Daylight16 hours a day13 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Frankfurt
5
7
12
17
21
24
26
26
21
15
9
6
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Sea temperature, °C
Frankfurt
No coastline within reach
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rainfall, mm
Frankfurt
52
44
41
38
62
60
68
60
50
54
53
63
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Daylight, hours per day
Frankfurt
9
10
12
14
15
16
16
15
13
11
9
8
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Frankfurt
2
3
5
7
7
8
8
7
6
4
2
1
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromFrankfurtMacau
ShanghaiPVG, SHA
11 h 5 m
€693-750
3 stops
FRA · 13 km
2 h 10 m
€159-193
MFM · 7 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
11 h 15 m
€570-612
1 stop
FRA · 13 km
2 h 35 m
€180-240
MFM · 7 km
SeoulICN, GMP
10 h 45 m
€490-632
1 stop
FRA · 13 km
3 h 10 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
BeijingPEK, PKX
9 h 50 m
€683-756
FRA · 13 km
3 h 0 m
€181-203
1 stop
MFM · 7 km
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
1 h 25 m
€74-124
FRA · 13 km
12 h 0 m
€570-666
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
SingaporeSIN, XSP
12 h 45 m
no fares
FRA · 13 km
3 h 40 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
IstanbulIST, SAW
2 h 50 m
€135-301
FRA · 13 km
10 h 5 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
Los AngelesLAX, BUR, SNA, VNY
11 h 40 m
no fares
FRA · 13 km
14 h 25 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
DubaiDXB, DWC
6 h 20 m
€296-339
1 stop
FRA · 13 km
7 h 40 m
€472-535
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
Mexico CityMEX, NLU, TLC
11 h 55 m
no fares
FRA · 13 km
17 h 15 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtMacau
Official languageGermanPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation101 m22 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre296 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtMacau
City population775,790682,100
People per km²3,1245,916
Museums within 10 km5328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.