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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Bordeaux or Salzburg?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Salzburg 45: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Salzburg 25: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Salzburg 72: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Salzburg 48: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Salzburg 32: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 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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BordeauxSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxSalzburg
Official languageFrenchGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m424 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxSalzburg
City population267,991155,021
People per km²5,4252,360
Museums within 10 km1838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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