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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
GlasgowKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Glasgow by Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Glasgow or The Hague?

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 Glasgow for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose The Hague for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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. Glasgow 14, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Glasgow 52, The Hague 48: Glasgow leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Glasgow 62, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Glasgow 66, The Hague 38: Glasgow leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Glasgow 75, The Hague 52: Glasgow leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Glasgow 76, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Glasgow 58, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Glasgow 66, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Glasgow 64, The Hague 55: Glasgow leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Glasgow 46, The Hague 35: Glasgow leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Glasgow 72, The Hague 58: Glasgow leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Glasgow 28, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Glasgow and The Hague.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Glasgow
57match

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

The Hague
56match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Glasgow in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Glasgow 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.

Glasgow's sunshine is measured 90 km from the centre, at Eskdalemuir.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Glasgow: 1991-2020 normals, Glasgow Airport (11.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGlasgowThe Hague
Official languageEnglishDutch
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation21 m1 m
Main airportGlasgow Airport (GLA)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGlasgowThe Hague
City population626,410548,320
People per km²1905,589
Museums within 10 km2954
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.