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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Lisbon 50, Quebec City 18: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Quebec City 57: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Quebec City 70: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Quebec City 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Quebec City 58: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Quebec City 50: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Quebec City 45: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Quebec City 45: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Quebec City 52: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LisbonQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonQuebec City
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m98 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonQuebec City
City population545,796574,482
People per km²5,4531,184
Museums within 10 km8016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.