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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches

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. Tokyo 40, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Virginia Beach 42: Tokyo leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Virginia Beach 30: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Virginia Beach 37: Tokyo leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Virginia Beach 56: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Virginia Beach 64: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Virginia Beach 75: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Virginia Beach 27: Tokyo leads by 71 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Virginia Beach 32: Tokyo leads by 67 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Virginia Beach 40: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Virginia Beach 38: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Virginia Beach 32: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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TokyoVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoVirginia Beach
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation6 m7 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoVirginia Beach
City population14,264,798459,470
People per km²6,501-
Museums within 10 km1922
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.