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The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

The Hague or Vienna?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. The Hague 48, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. The Hague 66, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. The Hague 38, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. The Hague 52, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Day trips. The Hague 86, Vienna 74: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Good for families. The Hague 72, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Getting around. The Hague 78, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. The Hague 55, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 7 points.
Affordability. The Hague 35, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. The Hague 58, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. The Hague 45, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: The Hague and Vienna.

Your match

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

The Hague
56match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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The HagueVienna

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. The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThe HagueVienna
Official languageDutchGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m151 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureThe HagueVienna
City population548,3202,028,289
People per km²5,5894,890
Museums within 10 km54152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.