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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin or Belfast?

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

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

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

Choose Belfast for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Belfast’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, Belfast 20: Austin leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Belfast 50: Austin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Belfast 55: Belfast leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Belfast 50: Austin leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Belfast 74: Belfast leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Belfast 66: Belfast leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Belfast 58: Belfast leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Belfast 62: Belfast leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Austin and Belfast are level on 45.
Affordability. Austin 33, Belfast 48: Belfast leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Belfast 55: Austin leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Belfast 25: Austin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Belfast.

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 live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Belfast
51match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBelfast
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 m3 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBelfast
City population961,855345,006
People per km²1,2173,000
Museums within 10 km218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.