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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • prices
  • families
  • culture and sights

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. Monaco 68, The Hague 38: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, The Hague 48: Monaco leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, The Hague 38: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, The Hague 52: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Monaco and The Hague are level on 78.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, The Hague 58: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, The Hague 45: Monaco leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and The Hague.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Monaco
58match

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

The Hague
56match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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

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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoThe Hague
Official languageFrenchDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m1 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoThe Hague
City population38,857548,320
People per km²18,5035,589
Museums within 10 km1454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.