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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Osaka or The Hague?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose The Hague for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, The Hague 48: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, The Hague 38: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, The Hague 52: Osaka leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, The Hague 86: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, The Hague 72: Osaka leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, The Hague 78: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, The Hague 55: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, The Hague 35: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, The Hague 58: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, The Hague 45: Osaka leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and The Hague.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

Wins on beaches and 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsakaThe Hague

Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaThe Hague
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m1 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaThe Hague
City population2,751,862548,320
People per km²12,3405,589
Museums within 10 km4454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.