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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

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

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Hamburg 28, Nairobi 4: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Nairobi 48: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Nairobi 35: Hamburg leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Nairobi 58: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Nairobi 28: Hamburg leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Nairobi 55: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Nairobi 20: Hamburg leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Nairobi 45: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Nairobi 35: Hamburg leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Nairobi 25: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HamburgNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgNairobi
Official languageGermanEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation6 m1,661 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgNairobi
City population1,869,4735,545,000
People per km²2,4767,967
Museums within 10 km774
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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.