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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hamburg or Nashville?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Nashville for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Nashville 50: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Nashville 70: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Nashville 46: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Nashville 52: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Nashville 55: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Nashville 30: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Nashville 42: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Nashville 30: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Nashville 20: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Nashville.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgNashville
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m182 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgNashville
City population1,869,473689,447
People per km²2,476506
Museums within 10 km7712
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. 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.