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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen or Montreal?

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 Copenhagen for

  • day trips
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Montreal for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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. Copenhagen 40, Montreal 25: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Montreal 60: Copenhagen leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Montreal 55: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Montreal 68: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Montreal 72: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Montreal 60: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Montreal.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CopenhagenMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenMontreal
Official languageDanishFrench, English
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m31 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenMontreal
City population667,0991,895,211
People per km²7,3393,806
Museums within 10 km7237
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.