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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Brisbane or Paris?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Paris for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Brisbane leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Paris 96: Paris leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Paris 97: Paris leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Paris 80: Paris leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Paris 52: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Paris 92: Paris leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Paris 79: Paris leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Paris 88: Paris leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Paris 98: Paris leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Paris 25: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Paris 88: Paris leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and Paris are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Paris.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneParis
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m27 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneParis
City population2,706,9662,103,778
People per km²17119,960
Museums within 10 km16251
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. 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.