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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Hamburg or Venice?

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

  • nightlife
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Venice 60: Venice leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Venice 94: Venice leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Venice 27: Hamburg leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Venice 45: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Venice 86: Venice leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Venice 45: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Venice 68: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Venice 57: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Venice 20: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Venice 62: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Venice 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 Venice.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Venice
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Venice has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgVenice
Official languageGermanItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgVenice
City population1,869,473250,369
People per km²2,476602
Museums within 10 km7752
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.