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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Muscat or Quebec City?

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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Muscat 72, Quebec City 18: Muscat leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Quebec City 58: Muscat leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Muscat and Quebec City are level on 45.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat and Quebec City are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatQuebec City
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number968911
Elevation69 m98 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatQuebec City
City population1,421,409574,482
People per km²4061,184
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.