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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Innsbruck or Lisbon?

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 Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Innsbruck 20, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Lisbon 75: Innsbruck leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck and Lisbon are level on 62.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Lisbon 66: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Lisbon 36: Innsbruck leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckLisbon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckLisbon
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguagePortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation574 m100 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckLisbon
City population132,499545,796
People per km²1,2635,453
Museums within 10 km2880
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.