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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City or Tirana?

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

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City and Tirana are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Tirana 42: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Tirana 62: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Tirana 40: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Tirana 32: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Tirana 32: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Tirana 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 Tirana.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Quebec CityTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTirana
Official languageFrench, EnglishAlbanian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m110 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTirana
City population574,482389,323
People per km²1,1849,314
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.