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The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Johannesburg by K, Pexels License; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Johannesburg or Nuremberg?

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 Johannesburg for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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. Johannesburg 5, Nuremberg 14: Nuremberg leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Johannesburg 58, Nuremberg 53: Johannesburg leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Johannesburg 56, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Johannesburg 62, Nuremberg 40: Johannesburg leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Johannesburg 55, Nuremberg 56: Nuremberg leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Johannesburg 52, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Johannesburg 42, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Johannesburg 18, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Johannesburg 58, Nuremberg 45: Johannesburg leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Johannesburg 72, Nuremberg 50: Johannesburg leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Johannesburg 55, Nuremberg 52: Johannesburg leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Johannesburg 28, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Johannesburg and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JohannesburgNuremberg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJohannesburgNuremberg
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageGerman
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1,753 m209 m
Main airportO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJohannesburgNuremberg
City population4,803,262531,159
People per km²2,9222,848
Museums within 10 km1450
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.