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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Hamburg or Paris?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Paris for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Paris 96: Paris leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Paris 97: Paris leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Paris 80: Paris leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg and Paris are level on 52.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Paris 92: Paris leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Paris 79: Paris leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Paris 88: Paris leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Paris 98: Paris leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Paris 25: Hamburg leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Paris 88: Paris leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Paris 40: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Paris.

Your match

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

Hamburg
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HamburgParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgParis
Official languageGermanFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m27 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgParis
City population1,869,4732,103,778
People per km²2,47619,960
Museums within 10 km77251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.