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The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Sydney 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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • 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. Sydney 95, The Hague 38: Sydney leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Sydney 77, The Hague 48: Sydney leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Sydney 60, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Sydney 60, The Hague 38: Sydney leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sydney 85, The Hague 52: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Sydney 50, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Sydney 75, The Hague 72: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Sydney 75, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Sydney 68, The Hague 55: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Sydney 22, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sydney 73, The Hague 58: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sydney 55, The Hague 45: Sydney leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sydney and The Hague.

Your match

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

Sydney
Best match
66match

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

The Hague
56match

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.

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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. Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSydneyThe Hague
Official languageEnglishDutch
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation6 m1 m
Main airportSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSydneyThe Hague
City population5,450,496548,320
People per km²4495,589
Museums within 10 km3854
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.