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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Quebec City or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Tokyo 68: Quebec City leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and getting around 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Quebec CityTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTokyo
Official languageFrench, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation98 m6 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTokyo
City population574,48214,264,798
People per km²1,1846,501
Museums within 10 km16192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.