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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Maastricht or New York?

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 Maastricht for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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. Maastricht 8, New York 50: New York leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, New York 92: New York leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, New York 89: New York leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, New York 97: New York leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, New York 55: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, New York 68: Maastricht leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, New York 70: New York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, New York 82: New York leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, New York 97: New York leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, New York 12: Maastricht leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, New York 99: New York leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, New York 42: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and New York.

Your match

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MaastrichtNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtNew York
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m25 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtNew York
City population120,2278,804,190
People per km²2,0007,256
Museums within 10 km21157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.