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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Quebec City or Wellington?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Wellington 44: Quebec City leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Wellington 78: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Wellington 40: Quebec City leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Wellington 62: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Wellington 42: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Wellington 33: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Wellington 30: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Quebec CityWellington

Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityWellington
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation98 m0 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityWellington
City population574,482216,200
People per km²1,184487
Museums within 10 km1612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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