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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Miami or Osaka?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Osaka for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Miami leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Osaka 80: Miami leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Osaka 58: Miami leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Osaka.

Your match

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

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MiamiOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiOsaka
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m20 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiOsaka
City population442,2412,751,862
People per km²3,04612,340
Museums within 10 km1744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.