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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Plovdiv or Tokyo?

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 Plovdiv for

  • prices

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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. Plovdiv 7, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv and Tokyo are level on 68.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 66 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Tokyo 48: Plovdiv leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTokyo
Official languageBulgarianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation172 m6 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTokyo
City population333,99414,264,798
People per km²3,2746,501
Museums within 10 km18192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.