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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Salzburg or San Juan?

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 Salzburg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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. Salzburg 35, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, San Juan 64: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, San Juan 74: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, San Juan 52: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, San Juan 58: Salzburg leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, San Juan 38: Salzburg leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, San Juan 38: San Juan leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, San Juan 55: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, San Juan 40: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and San Juan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Salzburg
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

San Juan
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SalzburgSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSan Juan
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation424 m3 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSan Juan
City population155,021342,259
People per km²2,3602,847
Museums within 10 km3818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.