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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Innsbruck or Seattle?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Seattle for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Seattle 50: Innsbruck leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Seattle 87: Innsbruck leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Seattle 55: Innsbruck leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Seattle 60: Innsbruck leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Seattle 22: Innsbruck leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Seattle 40: Innsbruck leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckSeattle
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation574 m40 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckSeattle
City population132,499737,015
People per km²1,2631,996
Museums within 10 km2827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.