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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Montreal or Munich?

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 Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Munich for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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. Montreal 25, Munich 28: Munich leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Munich 62: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Munich 79: Munich leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Munich 56: Montreal leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Munich 82: Munich leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Munich 86: Munich leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Munich 78: Munich leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Munich 86: Munich leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Munich 72: Munich leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Munich 32: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Munich 84: Munich leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Munich 62: Munich leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Munich.

Your match

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

Montreal
61match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on day trips 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.

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealMunich
Official languageFrench, EnglishGerman
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m519 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealMunich
City population1,895,2111,505,036
People per km²3,8064,844
Museums within 10 km3774
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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.