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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Cartagena or Vienna?

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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. Cartagena 70, Vienna 27: Cartagena leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Vienna 50: Cartagena leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Vienna 44: Cartagena leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Vienna.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CartagenaVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaVienna
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m151 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaVienna
City population914,5522,028,289
People per km²1,5994,890
Museums within 10 km2152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.