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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • families
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Rehoboth Beach 44: Mombasa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Rehoboth Beach 14: Mombasa leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Rehoboth Beach 40: Mombasa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Rehoboth Beach 50: Mombasa leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Rehoboth Beach 32: Mombasa leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Rehoboth Beach 32: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on families 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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MombasaRehoboth Beach

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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaRehoboth Beach
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation50 m5 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaRehoboth Beach
City population1,208,3331,108
People per km²4,100258
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.