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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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. Ghent 25, Quebec City 18: Ghent leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Quebec City 57: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Quebec City 70: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Quebec City 42: Ghent leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Quebec City 58: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Quebec City 50: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Quebec City 45: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Quebec City 52: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Ghent has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentQuebec City
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation12 m98 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentQuebec City
City population272,657574,482
People per km²1,7281,184
Museums within 10 km3016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.