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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

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. Oaxaca 5, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Vienna 68: Oaxaca leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca and Vienna are level on 62.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca and Vienna are level on 62.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Vienna 44: Oaxaca leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Vienna.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 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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OaxacaVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaVienna
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,555 m151 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaVienna
City population258,9132,028,289
People per km²3,0284,890
Museums within 10 km10152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23

Where else could you go?

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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.