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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Macau or Nairobi?

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 Macau for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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. Macau 24, Nairobi 4: Macau leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Nairobi 48: Macau leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Nairobi 35: Macau leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 79 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Nairobi 28: Macau leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Nairobi 20: Macau leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Nairobi 45: Macau leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Nairobi 35: Macau leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Nairobi 25: Macau leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MacauNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauNairobi
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+3
Emergency number999Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation22 m1,661 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauNairobi
City population682,1005,545,000
People per km²5,9167,967
Museums within 10 km284
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.