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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Salzburg or San Miguel de Allende?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: Salzburg leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, San Miguel de Allende 62: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, San Miguel de Allende 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, San Miguel de Allende 40: Salzburg leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, San Miguel de Allende 77: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, San Miguel de Allende 32: Salzburg leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, San Miguel de Allende 48: Salzburg leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, San Miguel de Allende 40: Salzburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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
16 hdaylight a day

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation424 m1,900 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSan Miguel de Allende
City population155,02169,811
People per km²2,360-
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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