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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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. Brisbane 55, London 25: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, London 84: London leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, London 94: London leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, London 88: London leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, London 57: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, London 90: London leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, London 82: London leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, London 85: London leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, London 95: London leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, London 15: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, London 98: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and London are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and London.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneLondon
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112 or 999
Elevation0 m4 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneLondon
City population2,706,9668,799,728
People per km²1715,598
Museums within 10 km16216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months-

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. 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.