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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Osaka 34, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Salzburg 45: Osaka leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Salzburg 25: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Salzburg 80: Osaka leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Salzburg 65: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Salzburg 72: Osaka leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Salzburg 48: Osaka leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Salzburg 32: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Salzburg 55: Osaka leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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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OsakaSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaSalzburg
Official languageJapaneseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m424 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaSalzburg
City population2,751,862155,021
People per km²12,3402,360
Museums within 10 km4438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.