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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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. Goreme 3, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 70 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Montreal 66: Goreme leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Montreal 55: Goreme leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Montreal 45: Goreme leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Montreal.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeMontreal
Official languageTurkishFrench, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,100 m31 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 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

MeasureGoremeMontreal
City population2,0001,895,211
People per km²203,806
Museums within 10 km537
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.