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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka or Vancouver?

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

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Vancouver 72: Osaka leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Vancouver 42: Osaka leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Vancouver 42: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Vancouver 45: Osaka leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Vancouver 72: Osaka leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Vancouver 73: Osaka leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Vancouver 55: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Vancouver 27: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Vancouver 52: Osaka leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Vancouver 50: Osaka leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaVancouver
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation20 m2 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaVancouver
City population2,751,862662,248
People per km²12,3405,759
Museums within 10 km4426
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. 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.