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The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Munich or New York?

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 Munich for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose New York for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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. Munich 28, New York 50: New York leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Munich 62, New York 92: New York leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Munich 79, New York 89: New York leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Munich 56, New York 97: New York leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Munich 82, New York 55: Munich leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Munich 86, New York 68: Munich leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Munich 78, New York 70: Munich leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Munich 86, New York 82: Munich leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Munich 72, New York 97: New York leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Munich 32, New York 12: Munich leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Munich 84, New York 99: New York leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Munich 62, New York 42: Munich leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Munich and New York.

Your match

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

Munich
67match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MunichNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMunichNew York
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation519 m25 m
Main airportMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMunichNew York
City population1,505,0368,804,190
People per km²4,8447,256
Museums within 10 km74157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.