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The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Xi'an 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 Xi'an for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’s own page.

Choose Yokohama for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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. Xi'an 4, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Xi'an 70, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Xi'an 81, Yokohama 55: Xi'an leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Xi'an 42, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Xi'an 62, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Xi'an 80, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Xi'an 48, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Xi'an 66, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Xi'an 50, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Xi'an 80, Yokohama 55: Xi'an leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Xi'an 40, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Xi'an 40, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Xi'an and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Xi'an
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureXi'anYokohama
Official languagePutonghuaJapanese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 110, fire 119
Elevation405 m24 m
Main airportXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureXi'anYokohama
City population12,952,9073,757,630
People per km²1,2838,585
Museums within 10 km938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.