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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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. Atlanta 10, Avignon 22: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Avignon 57: Atlanta leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Avignon 69: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Avignon 30: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Avignon 70: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Avignon 45: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Avignon 62: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Avignon 38: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Avignon 44: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Avignon 35: Avignon leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Avignon.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 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

MeasureAtlantaAvignon
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m10 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaAvignon
City population498,71592,188
People per km²1,4331,420
Museums within 10 km2711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.