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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hamburg or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Orlando 48: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Orlando 22: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Orlando 40: Hamburg leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Orlando 46: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Orlando 58: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Orlando 8: Hamburg leads by 72 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Orlando 58: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Orlando 36: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Orlando 40: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Orlando 32: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Orlando.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgOrlando
City population1,869,473334,854
People per km²2,4761,086
Museums within 10 km7711
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.