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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Vancouver?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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. Adelaide 68, Vancouver 42: Adelaide leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide and Vancouver are level on 72.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Vancouver 42: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Vancouver 45: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Vancouver 27: Adelaide leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Vancouver 52: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideVancouver
Official languageEnglishFrench, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation1 m2 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideVancouver
City population1,387,290662,248
People per km²1,0715,759
Museums within 10 km1326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Vancouver somewhere new.

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.