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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

London or Vienna?

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 London for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. London 25, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Vienna 68: London leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Vienna 89: London leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Vienna 50: London leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Day trips. London 90, Vienna 74: London leads by 16 points.
Good for families. London 82, Vienna 77: London leads by 5 points.
Getting around. London 85, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Vienna 62: London leads by 33 points.
Affordability. London 15, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Vienna 96: London leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Vienna.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Vienna
66match

Wins on prices 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonVienna
Official languageEnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m151 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonVienna
City population8,799,7282,028,289
People per km²5,5984,890
Museums within 10 km216152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.