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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Salzburg 35, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Vancouver 42: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Vancouver 45: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Vancouver 27: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Vancouver 52: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Vancouver 50: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg 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

Salzburg
58match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on food and drink 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

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. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgVancouver
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation424 m2 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgVancouver
City population155,021662,248
People per km²2,3605,759
Museums within 10 km3826
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.