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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montreal or Scottsdale?

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

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Montreal leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Scottsdale 46: Montreal leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Scottsdale 38: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Scottsdale 52: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Scottsdale 50: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Scottsdale 60: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Scottsdale 20: Montreal leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal and Scottsdale are level on 60.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Scottsdale 32: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Scottsdale 40: Montreal leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontrealScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealScottsdale
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation31 m380 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealScottsdale
City population1,895,211241,361
People per km²3,806-
Museums within 10 km3710
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.