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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao or Quebec City?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Bilbao leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Quebec City 57: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Quebec City 42: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Quebec City 58: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Quebec City 50: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Quebec City 45: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Quebec City 52: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and families 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BilbaoQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoQuebec City
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation19 m98 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoQuebec City
City population351,124574,482
People per km²8,4401,184
Museums within 10 km1716
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.