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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salvador or Vancouver?

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 Salvador for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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. Salvador 84, Vancouver 42: Salvador leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, Vancouver 42: Salvador leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, Vancouver 42: Salvador leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, Vancouver 45: Salvador leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, Vancouver 27: Salvador leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, Vancouver 52: Salvador leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador 32, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Salvador
58match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorVancouver
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation8 m2 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorVancouver
City population2,417,678662,248
People per km²3,4895,759
Museums within 10 km4926
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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