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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Atlanta or Vienna?

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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife

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

Choose Vienna for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. Atlanta 10, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta and Vienna are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Vienna 50: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Vienna.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaVienna
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m151 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaVienna
City population498,7152,028,289
People per km²1,4334,890
Museums within 10 km27152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.