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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Osaka or Tallinn?

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 Osaka for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Osaka 34, Tallinn 28: Osaka leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Tallinn 52: Osaka leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Tallinn 44: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Tallinn 55: Osaka leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Tallinn 58: Osaka leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Tallinn 60: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Tallinn 72: Osaka leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Tallinn 40: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Tallinn 47: Osaka leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Tallinn 50: Osaka leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Tallinn 50: Osaka leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaTallinn
Official languageJapaneseEstonian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m28 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaTallinn
City population2,751,862457,572
People per km²12,3402,871
Museums within 10 km4416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.