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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Innsbruck or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Tokyo 68: Innsbruck leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Tokyo.

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 with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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InnsbruckTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckTokyo
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation574 m6 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckTokyo
City population132,49914,264,798
People per km²1,2636,501
Museums within 10 km28192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.