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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Austin or Bath?

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 Austin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Bath for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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. Austin 30, Bath 10: Austin leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Bath 44: Austin leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Bath 68: Bath leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Bath 30: Austin leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Bath 58: Bath leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Bath 80: Bath leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Bath 50: Austin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Bath 72: Bath leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Bath 54: Bath leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Bath 27: Austin leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Bath 44: Austin leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Bath 78: Bath leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Bath.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Austin
50match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Bath
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBath
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation149 m132 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBath
City population961,85594,092
People per km²1,2173,245
Museums within 10 km2117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.