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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

New Orleans or Tallinn?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Tallinn 52: New Orleans leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Tallinn 44: New Orleans leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Tallinn 40: New Orleans leads by 14 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Tallinn 50: New Orleans leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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New OrleansTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansTallinn
Official language-Estonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m28 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansTallinn
City population383,997457,572
People per km²4232,871
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.