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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Seattle 30, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, The Hague 48: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, The Hague 38: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, The Hague 52: Seattle leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, The Hague 58: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and The Hague.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleThe Hague
Official language-Dutch
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m1 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleThe Hague
City population737,015548,320
People per km²1,9965,589
Museums within 10 km2754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.