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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Nairobi or Yokohama?

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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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. Nairobi 4, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Yokohama 44: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Yokohama 66: Nairobi leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Yokohama 55: Nairobi leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

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

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiYokohama
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliJapanese
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,661 m24 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiYokohama
City population5,545,0003,757,630
People per km²7,9678,585
Museums within 10 km438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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). 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.