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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Penang 44, The Hague 38: Penang leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, The Hague 48: Penang leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, The Hague 66: Penang leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, The Hague 38: Penang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, The Hague 52: Penang leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, The Hague 35: Penang leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and The Hague.

Your match

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

Penang
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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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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. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangThe Hague
Official languageMalayDutch
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m1 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangThe Hague
City population794,313548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km954
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.