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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • families
  • beaches
  • 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. Samarkand 4, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, The Hague 48: Samarkand leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, The Hague 66: Samarkand leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, The Hague 35: Samarkand leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 32, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Samarkand and The Hague.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandThe Hague
Official languageUzbekDutch
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation702 m1 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandThe Hague
City population546,303548,320
People per km²5,0585,589
Museums within 10 km1154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.