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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Calgary or Nashville?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Nashville 50: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Nashville 46: Calgary leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Nashville 52: Calgary leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Nashville 55: Calgary leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Nashville 30: Calgary leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary and Nashville are level on 42.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Nashville 30: Calgary leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Nashville 20: Calgary leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Nashville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Calgary
46match

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

Nashville
46match

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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryNashville
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,045 m182 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryNashville
City population1,306,784689,447
People per km²1,583506
Museums within 10 km1312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.