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The domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Abu DhabiThe domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Abu Dhabi by Jeffry Surianto, Pexels License; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Abu Dhabi or Saint-Tropez?

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 Abu Dhabi for

  • families
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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. Abu Dhabi 78, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Abu Dhabi 55, Saint-Tropez 48: Abu Dhabi leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Abu Dhabi 64, Saint-Tropez 35: Abu Dhabi leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Abu Dhabi 34, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Abu Dhabi 28, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Abu Dhabi 45, Saint-Tropez 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Abu Dhabi 82, Saint-Tropez 42: Abu Dhabi leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Abu Dhabi 24, Saint-Tropez 32: Saint-Tropez leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Abu Dhabi 50, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Abu Dhabi 38, Saint-Tropez 8: Abu Dhabi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Abu Dhabi 32, Saint-Tropez 18: Abu Dhabi leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Abu Dhabi 46, Saint-Tropez 35: Abu Dhabi leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Abu Dhabi and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Abu Dhabi
48match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Abu Dhabi in July

43 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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

Abu Dhabi's temperatures are measured 26 km from the centre, at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Abu Dhabi 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.

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Abu Dhabi: 1991-2020 normals, Abu Dhabi International Airport (25.7 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAbu DhabiSaint-Tropez
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m0 m
Main airportZayed International Airport (AUH)26 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAbu DhabiSaint-Tropez
City population1,570,0003,582
People per km²1,615320
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months3 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.