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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tallinn or Virginia Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Virginia Beach 42: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Virginia Beach 30: Tallinn leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Virginia Beach 37: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Virginia Beach 27: Tallinn leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Virginia Beach 32: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Virginia Beach 40: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Virginia Beach 38: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Virginia Beach 32: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TallinnVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnVirginia Beach
Official languageEstonian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation28 m7 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnVirginia Beach
City population457,572459,470
People per km²2,871-
Museums within 10 km162
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.