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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Seattle or Tallinn?

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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Seattle 30, Tallinn 28: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Tallinn 52: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Tallinn 44: Seattle leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Tallinn 55: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Tallinn 60: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Tallinn 40: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Tallinn 50: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Seattle
54match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleTallinn
Official language-Estonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m28 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleTallinn
City population737,015457,572
People per km²1,9962,871
Museums within 10 km2716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

Where else could you go?

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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.