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The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sydney 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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Sydney 95, Tallinn 28: Sydney leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Sydney 77, Tallinn 52: Sydney leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Sydney 60, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Sydney 60, Tallinn 44: Sydney leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sydney 85, Tallinn 55: Sydney leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Sydney 50, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sydney 75, Tallinn 60: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Sydney 75, Tallinn 72: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Sydney 68, Tallinn 40: Sydney leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Sydney 22, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sydney 73, Tallinn 50: Sydney leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sydney 55, Tallinn 50: Sydney leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sydney and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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. Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSydneyTallinn
Official languageEnglishEstonian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation6 m28 m
Main airportSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSydneyTallinn
City population5,450,496457,572
People per km²4492,871
Museums within 10 km3816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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.