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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Manchester 9, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Vienna 50: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Vienna 62: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Vienna 74: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester and Vienna are level on 62.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Vienna.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterVienna
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
Elevation38 m151 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterVienna
City population547,6272,028,289
People per km²4,7374,890
Museums within 10 km28152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.