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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Innsbruck leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Scottsdale 46: Scottsdale leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Scottsdale 38: Innsbruck leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Scottsdale 68: Innsbruck leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Scottsdale 50: Innsbruck leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Scottsdale 60: Innsbruck leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Scottsdale 20: Innsbruck leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Scottsdale 32: Innsbruck leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Scottsdale 40: Innsbruck leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Scottsdale.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckScottsdale
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign Language-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation574 m380 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckScottsdale
City population132,499241,361
People per km²1,263-
Museums within 10 km2810
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.