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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Anchorage 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 Anchorage for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Avignon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Anchorage 8, Avignon 22: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Avignon 57: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Avignon 69: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage and Avignon are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Avignon 70: Anchorage leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Avignon 45: Anchorage leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Avignon 62: Avignon leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Avignon 38: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Avignon 44: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Avignon 35: Avignon leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Avignon.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 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

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. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 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

MeasureAnchorageAvignon
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m10 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageAvignon
City population291,24792,188
People per km²581,420
Museums within 10 km511
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). 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.