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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Lisbon or Salzburg?

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
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Salzburg 45: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Salzburg 72: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Salzburg 25: Lisbon leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Salzburg 80: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Salzburg 48: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Salzburg 32: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Salzburg.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LisbonSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonSalzburg
Official languagePortugueseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m424 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonSalzburg
City population545,796155,021
People per km²5,4532,360
Museums within 10 km8038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.