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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Busan or Montreal?

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 Busan for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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. Busan 68, Montreal 25: Busan leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Montreal 66: Busan leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Montreal 55: Busan leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Montreal 68: Busan leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Busan 68, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Busan and Montreal are level on 60.
Affordability. Busan 56, Montreal 45: Busan leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Montreal 57: Busan leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Montreal.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 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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BusanMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanMontreal
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyWon (KRW)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119911
Elevation30 m31 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanMontreal
City population3,453,1981,895,211
People per km²4,4863,806
Museums within 10 km737
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.