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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

San Juan or Vienna?

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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. San Juan 84, Vienna 27: San Juan leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Vienna 50: San Juan leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Vienna 62: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Vienna.

Your match

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

San Juan
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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San JuanVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanVienna
Official languageSpanish, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m151 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanVienna
City population342,2592,028,289
People per km²2,8474,890
Museums within 10 km18152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.