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Macau or Rotterdam?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Photo: Bas Geerlings, Pexels License

Your match

Macau
46
match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Rotterdam
✓ Best match
55
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

MacauRotterdam
Beaches & swimming. Rotterdam leads by 3 points.3
Food & drink. Macau leads by 25 points.25
Culture & sights. Macau leads by 4 points.4
Nightlife. Rotterdam leads by 12 points.12
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam leads by 39 points.39
Day trips. Rotterdam leads by 33 points.33
Good for families. Rotterdam leads by 18 points.18
Getting around. Rotterdam leads by 18 points.18
Shopping & style. Macau leads by 3 points.3
Affordability. Macau leads by 6 points.6
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam leads by 22 points.22
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam leads by 2 points.2
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Rotterdam.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyMacauRotterdam
Daytime high32 °C22 °C
Night-time low26 °C14 °C
Rainfall in the month281 mm85 mm
Sunshine7 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperature29 °C18 °C
Daylight13 hours a day16 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Rotterdam
6
7
10
14
17
20
22
22
19
15
10
7
Sea temperature, °C
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rotterdam
6
5
6
9
12
15
18
19
18
15
11
8
Rainfall, mm
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Rotterdam
71
63
58
42
59
71
85
84
78
81
80
84
Daylight, hours per day
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Rotterdam
8
10
12
14
16
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
Sunshine, hours per day
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5
Rotterdam
2
3
5
6
7
7
7
6
5
4
2
2

Where the figures come from

Rotterdam's rainfall is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

WorseBetter

Getting there

Flying fromMacauRotterdam
ShanghaiPVG, SHA
2 h 10 m
€159-193
MFM · 7 km
11 h 10 m
no fares
AMS · 47 km
MadridMAD
13 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
2 h 25 m
€160-183
AMS · 47 km
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
11 h 55 m
€586-713
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
1 h 10 m
€178-300
AMS · 47 km
ManchesterMAN
12 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
1 h 15 m
€145-187
AMS · 47 km
New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA
15 h 55 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
7 h 35 m
€512-556
1 stop
AMS · 47 km
DubaiDXB, DWC
7 h 40 m
€472-535
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
6 h 45 m
€318-346
1 stop
AMS · 47 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
2 h 35 m
€180-240
MFM · 7 km
11 h 30 m
no fares
AMS · 47 km
BeijingPEK, PKX
3 h 0 m
€181-203
1 stop
MFM · 7 km
9 h 55 m
no fares
AMS · 47 km
SeoulICN, GMP
3 h 10 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
10 h 45 m
no fares
AMS · 47 km
Mexico CityMEX, NLU, TLC
17 h 15 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
11 h 30 m
no fares
AMS · 47 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-10 to 2026-12, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureMacauRotterdam
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseDutch
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112 or 911
Elevation22 m10 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauRotterdam
City population682,100664,311
People per km²5,9162,080
Museums within 10 km2840
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.