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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Madrid 5, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Tallinn 52: Madrid leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Tallinn 68: Madrid leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Tallinn 44: Madrid leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Tallinn 55: Madrid leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Tallinn 58: Madrid leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Tallinn 60: Madrid leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Tallinn 72: Madrid leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Tallinn 40: Madrid leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Tallinn 47: Madrid leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Tallinn 50: Madrid leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 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: Madrid and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on beaches 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.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridTallinn
Official languageSpanishEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation663 m28 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridTallinn
City population3,506,730457,572
People per km²5,8012,871
Museums within 10 km8816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.