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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ghent or Nairobi?

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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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. Ghent 25, Nairobi 4: Ghent leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Nairobi 48: Ghent leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Nairobi 35: Ghent leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Nairobi 28: Ghent leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Nairobi 20: Ghent leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Nairobi 45: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Nairobi 35: Ghent leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Nairobi 25: Ghent leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ghent has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentNairobi
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation12 m1,661 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentNairobi
City population272,6575,545,000
People per km²1,7287,967
Museums within 10 km304
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.