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The Plaza de los Naranjos and its fountain in the old town, Marbella
MarbellaThe Plaza de los Naranjos and its fountain in the old town
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Marbella by Décio Franchini, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marbella or Quebec City?

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 Marbella for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Marbella 76, Quebec City 18: Marbella leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Marbella 60, Quebec City 57: Marbella leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Marbella 32, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Marbella 64, Quebec City 42: Marbella leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marbella 70, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Marbella 77, Quebec City 58: Marbella leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Marbella 70, Quebec City 64: Marbella leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Marbella 38, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Marbella 58, Quebec City 45: Marbella leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Marbella 30, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marbella 30, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marbella 52, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marbella and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Marbella
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marbella in July

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Marbella's temperatures are measured 40 km from the centre, at Malaga / Aeropuerto.

Marbella has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marbella: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (39.7 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarbellaQuebec City
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
Elevation22 m98 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)39 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarbellaQuebec City
City population159,786574,482
People per km²1,3981,184
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.