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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Salvador 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 Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

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. Salvador 84, Yokohama 46: Salvador leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, Yokohama 55: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, Yokohama 44: Salvador leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, Yokohama 55: Salvador leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, Yokohama 56: Salvador leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador 32, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Salvador
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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.

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorYokohama
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation8 m24 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorYokohama
City population2,417,6783,757,630
People per km²3,4898,585
Museums within 10 km4938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.