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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Nairobi?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Innsbruck leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Nairobi 35: Innsbruck leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Nairobi 84: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Nairobi 28: Innsbruck leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Nairobi 55: Innsbruck leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Nairobi 20: Innsbruck leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Nairobi 35: Innsbruck leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Nairobi 25: Innsbruck leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckNairobi
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation574 m1,661 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckNairobi
City population132,4995,545,000
People per km²1,2637,967
Museums within 10 km284
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). 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.