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The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Munich or Newport 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 Munich for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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. Munich 28, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Munich 62, Newport Beach 50: Munich leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Munich 79, Newport Beach 20: Munich leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Munich 56, Newport Beach 33: Munich leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Munich 82, Newport Beach 66: Munich leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Munich 86, Newport Beach 70: Munich leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Munich 78, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Munich 86, Newport Beach 20: Munich leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Munich 72, Newport Beach 62: Munich leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Munich 32, Newport Beach 15: Munich leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Munich 84, Newport Beach 46: Munich leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Munich 62, Newport Beach 44: Munich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Munich and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MunichNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMunichNewport Beach
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation519 m3 m
Main airportMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMunichNewport Beach
City population1,505,03685,239
People per km²4,844622
Museums within 10 km744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.