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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Copenhagen 40, Vienna 27: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Vienna 68: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Vienna 50: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Vienna 77: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Vienna 62: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Vienna.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices 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

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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CopenhagenVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenVienna
Official languageDanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m151 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenVienna
City population667,0992,028,289
People per km²7,3394,890
Museums within 10 km72152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
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.