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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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. Samarkand 4, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, Yokohama 55: Samarkand leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, Yokohama 55: Samarkand leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 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: Samarkand and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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

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. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandYokohama
Official languageUzbekJapanese
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+5UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation702 m24 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandYokohama
City population546,3033,757,630
People per km²5,0588,585
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.