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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bath or Tallinn?

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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Bath 10, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bath and Tallinn are level on 68.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Tallinn 55: Bath leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Tallinn 58: Bath leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bath and Tallinn are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Tallinn 40: Bath leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Tallinn 50: Bath leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bath
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Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathTallinn
Official languageEnglishEstonian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m28 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathTallinn
City population94,092457,572
People per km²3,2452,871
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.