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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Hamburg or New Orleans?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, New Orleans 42: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, New Orleans 52: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, New Orleans 55: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, New Orleans 55: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, New Orleans 54: Hamburg leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, New Orleans 40: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg and New Orleans are level on 80.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, New Orleans 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 New Orleans.

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 families with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HamburgNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgNew Orleans
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 m-2 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgNew Orleans
City population1,869,473383,997
People per km²2,476423
Museums within 10 km7716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.