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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Calgary or Tallinn?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Tallinn 55: Calgary leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Tallinn 60: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Tallinn 40: Calgary leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Tallinn.

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.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CalgaryTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryTallinn
Official languageFrench, EnglishEstonian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m28 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryTallinn
City population1,306,784457,572
People per km²1,5832,871
Museums within 10 km1316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.