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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose The Hague for

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

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. Mombasa 82, The Hague 38: Mombasa leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, The Hague 48: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, The Hague 38: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, The Hague 52: Mombasa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, The Hague 35: Mombasa leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

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

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.

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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaThe Hague
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaThe Hague
City population1,208,333548,320
People per km²4,1005,589
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.