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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • day trips
  • families
  • food and drink

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. Tallinn 28, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Yokohama 55: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn and Yokohama are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips 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

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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnYokohama
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 m24 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

MeasureTallinnYokohama
City population457,5723,757,630
People per km²2,8718,585
Museums within 10 km1638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.