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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Malaga or Montreal?

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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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. Malaga 77, Montreal 25: Malaga leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Montreal 60: Malaga leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Montreal 66: Malaga leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Montreal 55: Malaga leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Montreal 68: Malaga leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Montreal 45: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Montreal.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MalagaMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaMontreal
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation18 m31 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaMontreal
City population599,0631,895,211
People per km²1,5173,806
Museums within 10 km3237
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.