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Kathmandu or The Hague?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
Kathmandu

Photo: Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The Hague

Photo: Bráulio jardim, Pexels License

Your match

Kathmandu
48
match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

The Hague
✓ Best match
56
match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

KathmanduThe Hague
Beaches & swimming. The Hague leads by 34 points.34
Food & drink. Kathmandu leads by 7 points.7
Culture & sights. Kathmandu leads by 16 points.16
Nightlife. The Hague leads by 2 points.2
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu leads by 18 points.18
Day trips. The Hague leads by 30 points.30
Good for families. The Hague leads by 52 points.52
Getting around. The Hague leads by 53 points.53
Shopping & style. Kathmandu and The Hague are level on 55.
Affordability. Kathmandu leads by 62 points.62
Live music & performing arts. The Hague leads by 30 points.30
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu and The Hague are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and The Hague.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyKathmanduThe Hague
Daytime high29 °C21 °C
Night-time low20 °C14 °C
Rainfall in the month384 mm85 mm
Sunshine4 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea18 °C
Daylight14 hours a day16 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Kathmandu
19
22
26
29
29
29
29
29
28
27
23
20
The Hague
6
7
9
13
16
19
21
21
18
14
10
7
Sea temperature, °C
Kathmandu
No coastline within reach
The Hague
6
5
6
9
12
15
18
19
18
15
11
8
Rainfall, mm
Kathmandu
16
23
37
57
113
260
384
317
211
48
7
10
The Hague
71
63
58
42
59
71
85
84
78
81
80
84
Daylight, hours per day
Kathmandu
11
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
The Hague
8
10
12
14
16
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
Sunshine, hours per day
Kathmandu
6
6
7
7
7
5
4
4
5
7
7
7
The Hague
2
3
5
6
7
7
7
6
5
4
2
2

Where the figures come from

The Hague's rainfall is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromKathmanduThe Hague
DubaiDXB, DWC
4 h 10 m
€400-446
KTM · 4 km
6 h 45 m
€318-346
1 stop
AMS · 40 km
New DelhiDEL
1 h 40 m
€175-205
KTM · 4 km
8 h 10 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
Kuala LumpurKUL, SZB
4 h 30 m
€444-465
1 stop
KTM · 4 km
12 h 45 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
ShanghaiPVG, SHA
4 h 50 m
no fares
KTM · 4 km
11 h 10 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
DohaDOH
4 h 35 m
€459-552
KTM · 4 km
6 h 30 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
3 h 15 m
€389-511
KTM · 4 km
11 h 30 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
Kuwait CityKWI
4 h 55 m
no fares
KTM · 4 km
5 h 45 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
Hong KongHKG
4 h 5 m
no fares
KTM · 4 km
11 h 35 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
GuangzhouCAN
4 h 0 m
€434-523
1 stop
KTM · 4 km
11 h 25 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
IstanbulIST, SAW
6 h 55 m
€583-665
1 stop
KTM · 4 km
3 h 15 m
€140-185
RTM · 16 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-10 to 2026-12, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduThe Hague
Official languageNepaliDutch
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101112 or 911
Elevation1,300 m1 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduThe Hague
City population845,767548,320
People per km²17,1215,589
Museums within 10 km954
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.