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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

London or Nashville?

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 London for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nashville for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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. London 25, Nashville 14: London leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Nashville 62: London leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Nashville 50: London leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Nashville 70: London leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Nashville 46: London leads by 11 points.
Day trips. London 90, Nashville 52: London leads by 38 points.
Good for families. London 82, Nashville 55: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. London 85, Nashville 30: London leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Nashville 42: London leads by 53 points.
Affordability. London 15, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Nashville 82: London leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Nashville 20: London leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Nashville.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonNashville
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m182 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonNashville
City population8,799,728689,447
People per km²5,598506
Museums within 10 km21612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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. 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.