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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Brisbane or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Brisbane leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Samarkand 54: Brisbane leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Samarkand 14: Brisbane leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Samarkand 40: Brisbane leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Samarkand 30: Brisbane leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Samarkand 58: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Samarkand 42: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Samarkand 24: Brisbane leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Samarkand 32: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneSamarkand
Official languageEnglishUzbek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+5
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m702 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneSamarkand
City population2,706,966546,303
People per km²1715,058
Museums within 10 km1611
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. 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.