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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon or Tirana?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Lisbon leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Tirana 57: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Tirana 42: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Tirana 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Tirana 62: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Tirana 64: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Tirana 40: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Tirana 54: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Tirana 32: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Tirana 32: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Tirana 27: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Tirana.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonTirana
Official languagePortugueseAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m110 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonTirana
City population545,796389,323
People per km²5,4539,314
Museums within 10 km8011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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.