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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Osaka or Whistler?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Osaka leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Whistler 40: Osaka leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Whistler 20: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Whistler 42: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Whistler 30: Osaka leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Whistler 68: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Whistler 68: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Whistler 30: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Whistler 12: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Whistler 15: Osaka leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Whistler 60: Osaka leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Whistler.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsakaWhistler

Where the figures come from

Whistler has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaWhistler
City population2,751,86213,982
People per km²12,34058
Museums within 10 km441
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
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. 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.