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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lisbon or Tallinn?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Tallinn 52: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Tallinn 68: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Tallinn 44: Lisbon leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Tallinn 55: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Tallinn 58: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Tallinn 60: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Tallinn 40: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Tallinn 47: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Tallinn 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Tallinn.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LisbonTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonTallinn
Official languagePortugueseEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m28 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonTallinn
City population545,796457,572
People per km²5,4532,871
Museums within 10 km8016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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. 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.