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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Montreal or Vienna?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Vienna 68: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Vienna 50: Montreal leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Vienna 62: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Vienna 44: Montreal leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Vienna.

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.

Vienna
Best match
66match

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.

Montreal in July

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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealVienna
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 m151 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealVienna
City population1,895,2112,028,289
People per km²3,8064,890
Museums within 10 km37152
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.