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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License.

Avignon or Banff?

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 Avignon for

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

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

Choose Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Banff’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. Avignon 22, Banff 12: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Banff 32: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Banff 22: Avignon leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Avignon and Banff are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Banff 98: Banff leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Banff 25: Avignon leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Banff 60: Banff leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Banff 55: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Banff 28: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Banff 18: Avignon leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Banff 32: Avignon leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Banff 54: Banff leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Banff.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Banff
39match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 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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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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonBanff
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,400 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonBanff
City population92,1888,305
People per km²1,4201,730
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

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