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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brisbane or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Tokyo 68: Brisbane leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneTokyo
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneTokyo
City population2,706,96614,264,798
People per km²1716,501
Museums within 10 km16192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months4 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.