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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Boston and Salzburg are level on 35.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Salzburg 45: Boston leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Boston and Salzburg are level on 72.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Salzburg 25: Boston leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Salzburg 65: Boston leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Salzburg 48: Boston leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Salzburg 32: Salzburg leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Boston
56match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BostonSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonSalzburg
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation43 m424 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonSalzburg
City population675,647155,021
People per km²2,9102,360
Museums within 10 km5138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.