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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Frankfurt or Osaka?

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

  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Osaka for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt and Osaka are level on 58.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Osaka 66: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Osaka.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on live music and the arts with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FrankfurtOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtOsaka
Official languageGermanJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation101 m20 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtOsaka
City population760,6562,751,862
People per km²3,06312,340
Museums within 10 km5344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.