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The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Victoria 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 Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Victoria 28, Vienna 27: Victoria leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Victoria 50, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Victoria 42, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Victoria 30, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Victoria 77, Vienna 62: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Victoria 54, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Victoria 62, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Victoria 60, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Victoria 40, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Victoria 34, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Victoria 40, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Victoria 48, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Victoria and Vienna.

Your match

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

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVictoriaVienna
Official languageFrench, EnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation23 m151 m
Main airportVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureVictoriaVienna
City population91,8672,028,289
People per km²4,7114,890
Museums within 10 km6152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.