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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Avignon or Bath?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Bath for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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, Bath 10: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Bath 44: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Bath 68: Avignon leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Avignon and Bath are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Bath 58: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Bath 80: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Bath 50: Bath leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Bath 72: Bath leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Bath 54: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Bath 27: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Bath 44: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Bath 78: Bath leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Bath.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices with your weighting.

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

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). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonBath
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m132 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonBath
City population92,18894,092
People per km²1,4203,245
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.