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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Osaka or Virginia Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Virginia Beach 42: Osaka leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Virginia Beach 30: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Virginia Beach 37: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Virginia Beach 56: Osaka leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Virginia Beach 64: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Virginia Beach 75: Osaka leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Virginia Beach 27: Osaka leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Virginia Beach 32: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Virginia Beach 40: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Virginia Beach 38: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Virginia Beach 32: Osaka leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsakaVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaVirginia Beach
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation20 m7 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaVirginia Beach
City population2,751,862459,470
People per km²12,340-
Museums within 10 km442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.