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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Avignon or Breckenridge?

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

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

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

Choose Breckenridge for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Breckenridge’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, Breckenridge 4: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Breckenridge 33: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Breckenridge 20: Avignon leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Avignon and Breckenridge are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Breckenridge 90: Breckenridge leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Breckenridge 44: Avignon leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Breckenridge 60: Breckenridge leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Avignon and Breckenridge are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Breckenridge 25: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Breckenridge 10: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Breckenridge 32: Avignon leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Breckenridge 30: Avignon leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Breckenridge.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

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

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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

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.

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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). Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonBreckenridge
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m2,926 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonBreckenridge
City population92,1885,078
People per km²1,420332
Museums within 10 km110
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.