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The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Nuremberg or San Francisco?

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 Nuremberg for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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. Nuremberg 14, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Nuremberg 53, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Nuremberg 69, San Francisco 68: Nuremberg leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Nuremberg 40, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuremberg 56, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Nuremberg 80, San Francisco 72: Nuremberg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Nuremberg 64, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Nuremberg 78, San Francisco 70: Nuremberg leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Nuremberg 45, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Nuremberg 50, San Francisco 14: Nuremberg leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuremberg 52, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuremberg 47, San Francisco 42: Nuremberg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuremberg and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNurembergSan Francisco
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
Elevation209 m16 m
Main airportNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNurembergSan Francisco
City population531,159873,965
People per km²2,8481,455
Museums within 10 km5051
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.