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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Brisbane or Lisbon?

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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Brisbane 55, Lisbon 50: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Lisbon 62: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Lisbon 36: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneLisbon
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m100 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneLisbon
City population2,706,966545,796
People per km²1715,453
Museums within 10 km1680
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.