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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Montreal?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux and Montreal are level on 78.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Montreal 60: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Montreal 55: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Montreal 72: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Montreal.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxMontreal
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m31 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxMontreal
City population267,9911,895,211
People per km²5,4253,806
Museums within 10 km1837
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.