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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Quebec City?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Innsbruck leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Quebec City 79: Innsbruck leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Quebec City 58: Innsbruck leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Quebec City 50: Innsbruck leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

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

Quebec City
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Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckQuebec City
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation574 m98 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckQuebec City
City population132,499574,482
People per km²1,2631,184
Museums within 10 km2816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.