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The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

The Hague 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 The Hague for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • wellness

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. The Hague 38, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. The Hague 48, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. The Hague 66, Yokohama 55: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. The Hague 38, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. The Hague 52, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Day trips. The Hague and Yokohama are level on 86.
Good for families. The Hague 72, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Getting around. The Hague 78, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. The Hague 55, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 5 points.
Affordability. The Hague 35, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. The Hague 58, Yokohama 56: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. The Hague 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: The Hague and Yokohama.

Your match

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

The Hague
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on food and drink 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

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

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.

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureThe HagueYokohama
Official languageDutchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1 m24 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureThe HagueYokohama
City population548,3203,757,630
People per km²5,5898,585
Museums within 10 km5438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.