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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Maastricht?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Maastricht 58: Innsbruck leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Maastricht 55: Innsbruck leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Maastricht 74: Innsbruck leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck and Maastricht are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Maastricht 40: Innsbruck leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Innsbruck
53match

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on shopping 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
16 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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InnsbruckMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckMaastricht
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation574 m49 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckMaastricht
City population132,499120,227
People per km²1,2632,000
Museums within 10 km2821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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. 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.