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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Colombo or Quebec City?

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 Colombo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Colombo 55, Quebec City 18: Colombo leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Quebec City 57: Colombo leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo and Quebec City are level on 45.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Quebec City 45: Colombo leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Colombo
46match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ColomboQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboQuebec City
Official languageTamil, SinhalaFrench, English
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation1 m98 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboQuebec City
City population647,557574,482
People per km²17,3611,184
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.