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The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Johannesburg by K, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Johannesburg or Quebec City?

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 Johannesburg for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Johannesburg 5, Quebec City 18: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Johannesburg 58, Quebec City 57: Johannesburg leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Johannesburg 56, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Johannesburg 62, Quebec City 42: Johannesburg leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Johannesburg 55, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Johannesburg 52, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Johannesburg 42, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Johannesburg 18, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Johannesburg 58, Quebec City 45: Johannesburg leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Johannesburg 72, Quebec City 45: Johannesburg leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Johannesburg 55, Quebec City 52: Johannesburg leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Johannesburg 28, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Johannesburg and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JohannesburgQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJohannesburgQuebec City
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,753 m98 m
Main airportO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureJohannesburgQuebec City
City population4,803,262574,482
People per km²2,9221,184
Museums within 10 km1416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.