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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose The Hague for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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. Kyoto 15, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, The Hague 48: Kyoto leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, The Hague 66: Kyoto leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, The Hague 52: Kyoto leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, The Hague 86: Kyoto leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, The Hague 55: Kyoto leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, The Hague 35: Kyoto leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, The Hague 58: Kyoto leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, The Hague 45: Kyoto leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and The Hague.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

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. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoThe Hague
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation51 m1 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoThe Hague
City population1,463,723548,320
People per km²1,7685,589
Museums within 10 km7754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.