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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Medellin or The Hague?

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 Medellin for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose The Hague for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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. Medellin 5, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, The Hague 48: Medellin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, The Hague 38: Medellin leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, The Hague 52: Medellin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, The Hague 35: Medellin leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and The Hague.

Your match

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

Medellin
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches 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.

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinThe Hague
Official languageSpanishDutch
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation1,405 m1 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinThe Hague
City population2,529,403548,320
People per km²6,6445,589
Museums within 10 km1454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. 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. 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.