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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bordeaux or London?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, London 84: London leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, London 94: London leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, London 88: London leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, London 57: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, London 90: London leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, London 82: London leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, London 85: London leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, London 95: London leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, London 15: Bordeaux leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, London 98: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux and London are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and London.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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
15 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BordeauxLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxLondon
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation1 m4 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxLondon
City population267,9918,799,728
People per km²5,4255,598
Museums within 10 km18216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

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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. 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.