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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Reykjavik or Yokohama?

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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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. Reykjavik 12, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Yokohama 44: Reykjavik leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Yokohama 66: Reykjavik leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Yokohama 60: Reykjavik leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °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

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikYokohama
Official languageIcelandicJapanese
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTCUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation8 m24 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikYokohama
City population138,7723,757,630
People per km²5698,585
Museums within 10 km2338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.