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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Innsbruck or Rotterdam?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Rotterdam leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck and Rotterdam are level on 58.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Rotterdam 44: Innsbruck leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck and Rotterdam are level on 78.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck and Rotterdam are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Rotterdam 42: Innsbruck leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Rotterdam.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Innsbruck
53match

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

Rotterdam
55match

Wins on shopping 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckRotterdam
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 m10 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckRotterdam
City population132,499664,311
People per km²1,2632,080
Museums within 10 km2840
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.