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The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water
El Castillo above the beach at Tulum, Tulum
TulumEl Castillo above the beach at Tulum

Photos: The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License; Tulum by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

The Hague or Tulum?

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 The Hague for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tulum for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tulum’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. The Hague 38, Tulum 88: Tulum leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. The Hague 48, Tulum 52: Tulum leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. The Hague 66, Tulum 30: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. The Hague 38, Tulum 60: Tulum leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. The Hague 52, Tulum 76: Tulum leads by 24 points.
Day trips. The Hague 86, Tulum 68: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Good for families. The Hague 72, Tulum 60: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Getting around. The Hague 78, Tulum 25: The Hague leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. The Hague 55, Tulum 35: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Affordability. The Hague 35, Tulum 30: The Hague leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. The Hague 58, Tulum 15: The Hague leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. The Hague 45, Tulum 85: Tulum leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: The Hague and Tulum.

Your match

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

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tulum
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Tulum in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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The HagueTulum

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.

Tulum has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre). Tulum: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureThe HagueTulum
Official languageDutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m5 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsFelipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum (TQO)21 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureThe HagueTulum
City population548,32033,374
People per km²5,589-
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.