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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • shopping

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. Tirana 46, Vancouver 42: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Vancouver 42: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Vancouver 45: Tirana leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Vancouver 27: Tirana leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaVancouver
Official languageAlbanianFrench, English
CurrencyLek (ALL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation110 m2 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaVancouver
City population389,323662,248
People per km²9,3145,759
Museums within 10 km1126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.