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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belfast or Bordeaux?

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 Belfast for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Belfast 20, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Belfast and Bordeaux are level on 50.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Bordeaux 58: Belfast leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Bordeaux 57: Belfast leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Bordeaux 42: Belfast leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast and Bordeaux are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Belfast
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelfastBordeaux

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastBordeaux
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation3 m1 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastBordeaux
City population345,006267,991
People per km²3,0005,425
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.