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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Brisbane?

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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Brisbane 60: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Brisbane 42: Avignon leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Brisbane 74: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Brisbane 50: Avignon leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Avignon and Brisbane are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Brisbane 45: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Brisbane 33: Avignon leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Brisbane 55: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Brisbane 40: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Brisbane.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Avignon
53match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonBrisbane
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonBrisbane
City population92,1882,706,966
People per km²1,420171
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 months

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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.