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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin or Montreal?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Montreal for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Austin leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Montreal 55: Austin leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Montreal 76: Austin leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Montreal.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinMontreal

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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinMontreal
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m31 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinMontreal
City population961,8551,895,211
People per km²1,2173,806
Museums within 10 km2137
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.