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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • families

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. Tirana 46, Vienna 27: Tirana leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Vienna 50: Tirana leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana and Vienna are level on 62.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Vienna 44: Tirana leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Vienna.

Your match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaVienna
Official languageAlbanianGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyLek (ALL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation110 m151 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaVienna
City population389,3232,028,289
People per km²9,3144,890
Museums within 10 km11152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.