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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • 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. Milan 20, Quebec City 18: Milan leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Quebec City 57: Milan leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Quebec City 70: Milan leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Quebec City 42: Milan leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Quebec City 58: Milan leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Quebec City 50: Milan leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Quebec City 45: Milan leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Quebec City 52: Milan leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MilanQuebec City

Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanQuebec City
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation138 m98 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanQuebec City
City population1,354,196574,482
People per km²7,4531,184
Museums within 10 km8816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. 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.