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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tallinn or Tokyo?

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 Tallinn for

Tallinn does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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. Tallinn 28, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 59 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Tallinn
52match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TallinnTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnTokyo
Official languageEstonianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation28 m6 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnTokyo
City population457,57214,264,798
People per km²2,8716,501
Museums within 10 km16192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.