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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Los Angeles or Maastricht?

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 Los Angeles for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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. Los Angeles 60, Maastricht 8: Los Angeles leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Maastricht 58: Los Angeles leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Maastricht 60: Los Angeles leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Maastricht 42: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Maastricht 58: Los Angeles leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Maastricht 55: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Maastricht 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Maastricht 38: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Maastricht 40: Los Angeles leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Maastricht 52: Los Angeles leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

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.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Los AngelesMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesMaastricht
Official language-Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m49 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesMaastricht
City population3,898,747120,227
People per km²2,9942,000
Museums within 10 km3921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.