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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montreal or Zagreb?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Zagreb 55: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Zagreb 56: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Zagreb 47: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Zagreb 62: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Zagreb 52: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Zagreb 70: Montreal leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Zagreb 40: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Zagreb 52: Montreal leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Zagreb 33: Montreal leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Zagreb.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealZagreb
Official languageFrench, EnglishCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealZagreb
City population1,895,211767,131
People per km²3,806-
Museums within 10 km3727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.