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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

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. Plovdiv 7, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Vienna 62: Plovdiv leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Vienna 44: Plovdiv leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Vienna.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivVienna
Official languageBulgarianGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m151 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivVienna
City population333,9942,028,289
People per km²3,2744,890
Museums within 10 km18152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.