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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. New Orleans 14, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Salzburg 45: New Orleans leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Salzburg 25: New Orleans leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 44 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Salzburg 48: New Orleans leads by 6 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Salzburg 32: New Orleans leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans and Salzburg are level on 80.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Salzburg.

Your match

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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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New OrleansSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansSalzburg
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m424 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansSalzburg
City population383,997155,021
People per km²4232,360
Museums within 10 km1638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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.