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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Brisbane?

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 Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Bordeaux 50, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Brisbane 60: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Brisbane 42: Bordeaux leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Brisbane 74: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Brisbane 50: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Brisbane 62: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Brisbane 45: Bordeaux leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Brisbane 33: Bordeaux leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux and Brisbane are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux and Brisbane are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Brisbane.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Brisbane
54match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxBrisbane
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation1 m0 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxBrisbane
City population267,9912,706,966
People per km²5,425171
Museums within 10 km1816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 months

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.