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Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Key West or The Hague?

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 Key West for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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. Key West 60, The Hague 38: Key West leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Key West 45, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Key West 40, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Key West 62, The Hague 38: Key West leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Key West 62, The Hague 52: Key West leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Key West 28, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Key West 40, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Key West 62, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Key West 30, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Key West 15, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Key West 38, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Key West 40, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Key West and The Hague.

Your match

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

Key West
44match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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.

The Hague 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.

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. Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKey WestThe Hague
Official language-Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m1 m
Main airportKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKey WestThe Hague
City population26,444548,320
People per km²1,4075,589
Museums within 10 km754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.