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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Frankfurt or Newport Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Newport Beach 50: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Newport Beach 20: Frankfurt leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Newport Beach 33: Frankfurt leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Newport Beach 70: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Newport Beach 20: Frankfurt leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Newport Beach 15: Frankfurt leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Newport Beach 46: Frankfurt leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Newport Beach 44: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FrankfurtNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtNewport Beach
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation101 m3 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtNewport Beach
City population760,65685,239
People per km²3,063622
Museums within 10 km534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.