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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Innsbruck or London?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, London 84: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, London 94: London leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, London 88: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, London 57: Innsbruck leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, London 90: London leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, London 82: London leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, London 85: London leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, London 95: London leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, London 15: Innsbruck leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, London 98: London leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, London 40: Innsbruck leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and London.

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 prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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.

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckLondon
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation574 m4 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckLondon
City population132,4998,799,728
People per km²1,2635,598
Museums within 10 km28216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. 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.