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The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

The Hague 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 The Hague for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. The Hague 38, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. The Hague 48, Virginia Beach 42: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. The Hague 66, Virginia Beach 30: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. The Hague 38, Virginia Beach 37: The Hague leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. The Hague 52, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. The Hague 86, Virginia Beach 64: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. The Hague 72, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 3 points.
Getting around. The Hague 78, Virginia Beach 27: The Hague leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. The Hague 55, Virginia Beach 32: The Hague leads by 23 points.
Affordability. The Hague 35, Virginia Beach 40: Virginia Beach leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. The Hague 58, Virginia Beach 38: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. The Hague 45, Virginia Beach 32: The Hague 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 Virginia Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

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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The HagueVirginia Beach

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). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThe HagueVirginia Beach
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m7 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureThe HagueVirginia Beach
City population548,320459,470
People per km²5,589-
Museums within 10 km542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.