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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Ghent 25, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Vienna 50: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Vienna 74: Ghent leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Vienna.

Your match

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

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

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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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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentVienna
Official languageFrench, German, DutchGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m151 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentVienna
City population272,6572,028,289
People per km²1,7284,890
Museums within 10 km30152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.