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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Austin or London?

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

  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose London for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Austin leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, London 84: London leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, London 94: London leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, London 88: London leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin and London are level on 57.
Day trips. Austin 58, London 90: London leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, London 82: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, London 85: London leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, London 95: London leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, London 15: Austin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, London 98: London leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and London are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and London.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinLondon

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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinLondon
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 m4 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinLondon
City population961,8558,799,728
People per km²1,2175,598
Museums within 10 km21216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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.