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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Brisbane leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Oaxaca 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Oaxaca 62: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Oaxaca 40: Brisbane leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Oaxaca 55: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Oaxaca 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BrisbaneOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneOaxaca
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-6
Emergency number000911
Elevation0 m1,555 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneOaxaca
City population2,706,966258,913
People per km²1713,028
Museums within 10 km1610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.