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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Austin or Tokyo?

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

Austin does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinTokyo

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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinTokyo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation149 m6 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinTokyo
City population961,85514,264,798
People per km²1,2176,501
Museums within 10 km21192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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.