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The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Venice by David Vives, Pexels License; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Venice or Whistler?

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 Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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. Venice 56, Whistler 30: Venice leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Venice 60, Whistler 40: Venice leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Venice 94, Whistler 20: Venice leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Venice 27, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Venice 45, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Venice 86, Whistler 30: Venice leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Venice 45, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Venice and Whistler are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Venice 57, Whistler 30: Venice leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Venice 20, Whistler 12: Venice leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Venice 62, Whistler 15: Venice leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Venice 40, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Venice and Whistler.

Your match

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

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

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.

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Venice has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Whistler has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVeniceWhistler
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m670 m
Main airportVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureVeniceWhistler
City population250,36913,982
People per km²60258
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.