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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Los Angeles 60, Salzburg 35: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Salzburg 45: Los Angeles leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Salzburg 25: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Salzburg 65: Los Angeles leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Salzburg 48: Los Angeles leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Salzburg 32: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Salzburg 80: Los Angeles leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Salzburg 55: Los Angeles leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Los AngelesSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesSalzburg
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m424 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesSalzburg
City population3,898,747155,021
People per km²2,9942,360
Museums within 10 km3938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). 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.