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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Frankfurt or New Orleans?

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 Frankfurt for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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. Frankfurt 8, New Orleans 14: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, New Orleans 42: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, New Orleans 52: Frankfurt leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, New Orleans 55: Frankfurt leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, New Orleans 55: Frankfurt leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, New Orleans 54: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, New Orleans 40: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, New Orleans 25: Frankfurt leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife 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.

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FrankfurtNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtNew Orleans
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation101 m-2 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtNew Orleans
City population760,656383,997
People per km²3,063423
Museums within 10 km5316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.