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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Frankfurt or Yokohama?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Yokohama 55: Frankfurt leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Yokohama 44: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt and Yokohama are level on 86.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Yokohama 56: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Yokohama.

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 and nightlife with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtYokohama
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 m24 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtYokohama
City population760,6563,757,630
People per km²3,0638,585
Museums within 10 km5338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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.