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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Miami or Munich?

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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Munich for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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. Miami 90, Munich 28: Miami leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Munich 62: Miami leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Munich 79: Munich leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Munich 56: Miami leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Munich 82: Munich leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Munich 86: Munich leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Munich 78: Munich leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Munich 86: Munich leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Munich 72: Munich leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Munich 32: Munich leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Munich 84: Munich leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Munich 62: Munich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Munich.

Your match

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

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around 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.

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MiamiMunich

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiMunich
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m519 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiMunich
City population442,2411,505,036
People per km²3,0464,844
Museums within 10 km1774
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.

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.