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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Quebec City or Skopje?

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 Quebec City for

  • families
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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. Quebec City 18, Skopje 6: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Skopje 52: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Skopje 56: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City and Skopje are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Skopje 70: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Skopje 56: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Skopje 35: Quebec City leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Skopje 45: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Skopje 40: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Skopje 38: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Skopje 27: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Skopje.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CitySkopje
Official languageFrench, EnglishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Denar (MKD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m251 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySkopje
City population574,482422,540
People per km²1,184739
Museums within 10 km1617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.