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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Brisbane or Munich?

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

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

Choose Munich for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Brisbane leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Munich 62: Munich leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Munich 79: Munich leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Munich 56: Munich leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Munich 82: Munich leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Munich 86: Munich leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Brisbane and Munich are level on 78.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Munich 86: Munich leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Munich 72: Munich leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Munich 32: Brisbane leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Munich 84: Munich leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Munich 62: Munich leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Munich.

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.

Munich
Best match
67match

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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneMunich
Official languageEnglishGerman
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m519 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneMunich
City population2,706,9661,505,036
People per km²1714,844
Museums within 10 km1674
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months-

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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.