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The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Washington DC 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 Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Washington DC 12, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Washington DC 67, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Washington DC 84, Yokohama 55: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Washington DC 57, Yokohama 44: Washington DC leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Washington DC 64, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Washington DC 73, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Washington DC 73, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Washington DC 72, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Washington DC 52, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Washington DC 28, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Washington DC 67, Yokohama 56: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Washington DC 26, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Washington DC and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Washington DC
56match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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.

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Washington DCYokohama

Where the figures come from

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWashington DCYokohama
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation72 m24 m
Main airportRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureWashington DCYokohama
City population689,5453,757,630
People per km²3,8968,585
Museums within 10 km9838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.