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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Hamburg or Miami?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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 90: Miami leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Miami 72: Miami leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Miami 57: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Miami 82: Miami leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Miami 64: Miami leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Miami 42: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Miami 64: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Miami 35: Hamburg leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Miami 71: Miami leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Miami 27: Hamburg leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Miami 55: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg and Miami are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Miami.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hamburg
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
59match

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 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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgMiami
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 m2 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgMiami
City population1,869,473442,241
People per km²2,4763,046
Museums within 10 km7717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.