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The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Vienna 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 Vienna for

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

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • 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. Vienna 27, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Vienna 68, Whistler 40: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Vienna 89, Whistler 20: Vienna leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Vienna 50, Whistler 42: Vienna leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vienna 62, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Vienna 74, Whistler 30: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Vienna 77, Whistler 68: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Vienna 90, Whistler 68: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Vienna 62, Whistler 30: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Vienna 44, Whistler 12: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vienna 96, Whistler 15: Vienna leads by 81 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vienna 58, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vienna and Whistler.

Your match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ViennaWhistler

Where the figures come from

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. Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureViennaWhistler
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation151 m670 m
Main airportVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureViennaWhistler
City population2,028,28913,982
People per km²4,89058
Museums within 10 km1521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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. 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.