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Your rainbow panorama on top of ARoS, Aarhus
AarhusYour rainbow panorama on top of ARoS
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

Photos: Aarhus by Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aarhus or Avignon?

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 Aarhus for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Avignon for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’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. Aarhus 34, Avignon 22: Aarhus leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Aarhus and Avignon are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Aarhus 61, Avignon 69: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Aarhus 45, Avignon 30: Aarhus leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aarhus 56, Avignon 70: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Aarhus 63, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Aarhus 70, Avignon 45: Aarhus leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Aarhus 75, Avignon 62: Aarhus leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Aarhus 47, Avignon 38: Aarhus leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Aarhus 22, Avignon 44: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aarhus 55, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aarhus 44, Avignon 35: Aarhus leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aarhus and Avignon.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Aarhus
52match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aarhus in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Aarhus's temperatures are measured 30 km from the centre, at Tirstrup.

Aarhus 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.

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAarhusAvignon
Official languageDanishFrench
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m10 m
Main airportAarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAarhusAvignon
City population290,59892,188
People per km²3,1931,420
Museums within 10 km1711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.