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Durban
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Durban or Salzburg?

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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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. Durban 80, Salzburg 35: Durban leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Durban 60, Salzburg 45: Durban leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Durban 40, Salzburg 25: Durban leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Durban 72, Salzburg 32: Durban leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Durban 40, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around 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.

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 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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DurbanSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanSalzburg
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m424 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanSalzburg
City population595,061155,021
People per km²2,6342,360
Museums within 10 km138
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.