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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Beijing or Innsbruck?

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 Beijing for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Innsbruck’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. Beijing 6, Innsbruck 20: Innsbruck leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Innsbruck 40: Beijing leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Innsbruck 58: Beijing leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Innsbruck 38: Beijing leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Innsbruck 96: Innsbruck leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Innsbruck 72: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Innsbruck 62: Beijing leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Innsbruck 78: Innsbruck leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Innsbruck 38: Beijing leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Innsbruck 38: Beijing leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Innsbruck 45: Beijing leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Innsbruck 45: Beijing leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Innsbruck.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BeijingInnsbruck

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingInnsbruck
Official languagePutonghuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m574 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingInnsbruck
City population21,893,095132,499
People per km²1,3341,263
Museums within 10 km8328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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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. 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.