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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose New York for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Frankfurt 8, New York 50: New York leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, New York 92: New York leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, New York 89: New York leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, New York 97: New York leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, New York 55: Frankfurt leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, New York 68: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, New York 70: New York leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, New York 82: New York leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, New York 97: New York leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, New York 12: Frankfurt leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, New York 99: New York leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, New York 42: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and New York.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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 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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FrankfurtNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtNew 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
Elevation101 m25 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtNew York
City population760,6568,804,190
People per km²3,0637,256
Museums within 10 km53157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.