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The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg for

  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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. Nuremberg 14, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Nuremberg 53, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Nuremberg 69, Yokohama 55: Nuremberg leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Nuremberg 40, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuremberg 56, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Nuremberg 80, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Nuremberg 64, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Nuremberg 78, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Nuremberg 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nuremberg 50, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuremberg 52, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuremberg 47, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuremberg and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on culture and sights with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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.

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

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. Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNurembergYokohama
Official languageGermanJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation209 m24 m
Main airportNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNurembergYokohama
City population531,1593,757,630
People per km²2,8488,585
Museums within 10 km5038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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.