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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Quebec City 18, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Vienna 62: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Vienna 44: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Vienna.

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 and prices with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
16 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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Quebec CityVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityVienna
Official languageFrench, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m151 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityVienna
City population574,4822,028,289
People per km²1,1844,890
Museums within 10 km16152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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.