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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Montreal for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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. Manchester 9, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Montreal 55: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Montreal 60: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Montreal 45: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Montreal.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterMontreal
Official languageEnglishFrench, English
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation38 m31 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterMontreal
City population547,6271,895,211
People per km²4,7373,806
Museums within 10 km2837
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.