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The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Orange Beach 86, Quebec City 18: Orange Beach leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Orange Beach 40, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Orange Beach 7, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Orange Beach 30, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orange Beach 60, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Orange Beach 50, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Orange Beach 75, Quebec City 64: Orange Beach leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Orange Beach 15, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Orange Beach 25, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Orange Beach 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orange Beach 32, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orange Beach 32, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orange Beach and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Orange BeachQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrange BeachQuebec City
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m98 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrange BeachQuebec City
City population8,095574,482
People per km²1961,184
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.