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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Salzburg or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Tokyo 68: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Salzburg
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SalzburgTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgTokyo
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation424 m6 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgTokyo
City population155,02114,264,798
People per km²2,3606,501
Museums within 10 km38192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.