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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mombasa or Nuremberg?

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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Nuremberg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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. Mombasa 82, Nuremberg 14: Mombasa leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Nuremberg 53: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Nuremberg 40: Mombasa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Nuremberg 56: Mombasa leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Nuremberg 50: Mombasa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 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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Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaNuremberg
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliGerman
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m209 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaNuremberg
City population1,208,333531,159
People per km²4,1002,848
Museums within 10 km050
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.