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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hamburg or Miami 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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami 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. Hamburg 28, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Miami Beach 52: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg and Miami Beach are level on 52.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Miami Beach 55: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Miami Beach 60: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Miami Beach 58: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Miami Beach 55: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Miami Beach 20: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Miami Beach 55: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HamburgMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgMiami Beach
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m1 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgMiami Beach
City population1,869,47382,890
People per km²2,4762,109
Museums within 10 km7714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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.