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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Calgary or Osaka?

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

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

Choose Osaka for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Osaka 58: Calgary leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Osaka.

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 with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CalgaryOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryOsaka
Official languageFrench, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,045 m20 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryOsaka
City population1,306,7842,751,862
People per km²1,58312,340
Museums within 10 km1344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. 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.