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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Quebec City or Tallinn?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Tallinn 52: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Tallinn 68: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Tallinn 55: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Quebec City and Tallinn are level on 58.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Tallinn 60: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Tallinn 40: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Tallinn 50: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Tallinn 50: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around 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.

Quebec City in July

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Quebec CityTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTallinn
Official languageFrench, EnglishEstonian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m28 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTallinn
City population574,482457,572
People per km²1,1842,871
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.