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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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. Bilbao 45, Innsbruck 20: Bilbao leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Innsbruck 40: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Innsbruck 58: Bilbao leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Innsbruck 38: Bilbao leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Innsbruck 96: Innsbruck leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Innsbruck 72: Bilbao leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Innsbruck 62: Innsbruck leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Innsbruck 78: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Innsbruck 38: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Innsbruck 38: Bilbao leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Innsbruck 45: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Innsbruck 45: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Innsbruck.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Innsbruck
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BilbaoInnsbruck

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoInnsbruck
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m574 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoInnsbruck
City population351,124132,499
People per km²8,4401,263
Museums within 10 km1728
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.