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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Salvador?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Salvador 52: Innsbruck leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Salvador 56: Innsbruck leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Salvador 42: Innsbruck leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Salvador 42: Innsbruck leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Salvador 32: Innsbruck leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Salvador.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckSalvador
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguagePortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation574 m8 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckSalvador
City population132,4992,417,678
People per km²1,2633,489
Museums within 10 km2849
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.