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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • families

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. Bilbao 45, Tallinn 28: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Tallinn 52: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Tallinn 44: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Tallinn 55: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Tallinn 58: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Tallinn 72: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Tallinn 40: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Tallinn 50: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Tallinn.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoTallinn
Official languageSpanishEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m28 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoTallinn
City population351,124457,572
People per km²8,4402,871
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

Where else could you go?

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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.