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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • 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. Tokyo 40, Vienna 27: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Vienna 68: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Vienna 50: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Vienna 62: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Vienna 74: Tokyo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Vienna 77: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Vienna 90: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Vienna 62: Tokyo leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Vienna 44: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Vienna 58: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Vienna.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Vienna
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.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoVienna
Official languageJapaneseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m151 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoVienna
City population14,264,7982,028,289
People per km²6,5014,890
Museums within 10 km192152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.