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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Calgary or Lisbon?

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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Calgary 8, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Lisbon 75: Calgary leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Lisbon 62: Calgary leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Lisbon 36: Calgary leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryLisbon
Official languageFrench, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m100 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryLisbon
City population1,306,784545,796
People per km²1,5835,453
Museums within 10 km1380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.