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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Toronto 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 Toronto for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Vienna for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Toronto 34, Vienna 27: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Vienna 68: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Vienna 50: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Vienna 62: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Vienna.

Your match

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

Toronto
55match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoVienna
Official languageFrench, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation76 m151 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoVienna
City population2,794,3562,028,289
People per km²4,4344,890
Museums within 10 km32152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.