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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Montreal or Salzburg?

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 Salzburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Salzburg 45: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Salzburg 25: Montreal leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Salzburg 65: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Montreal and Salzburg are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Salzburg 48: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Salzburg 32: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Salzburg 55: Montreal leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontrealSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealSalzburg
Official languageFrench, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealSalzburg
City population1,895,211155,021
People per km²3,8062,360
Museums within 10 km3738
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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.