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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Manchester or Yokohama?

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 Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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. Manchester 9, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Yokohama 44: Manchester leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Yokohama 60: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Yokohama 56: Manchester leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

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

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterYokohama
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112 or 999Police 110, fire 119
Elevation38 m24 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterYokohama
City population547,6273,757,630
People per km²4,7378,585
Museums within 10 km2838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.