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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.

Avignon or Christchurch?

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 Christchurch for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Christchurch’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, Christchurch 38: Christchurch leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Christchurch 45: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Christchurch 38: Avignon leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Christchurch 32: Christchurch leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Christchurch 84: Christchurch leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Christchurch 45: Avignon leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Christchurch 66: Christchurch leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Christchurch 48: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Christchurch 32: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Christchurch 38: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Christchurch 38: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Christchurch 45: Christchurch leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Christchurch.

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.

Christchurch
46match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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). Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonChristchurch
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation10 m20 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonChristchurch
City population92,188383,200
People per km²1,4201,298
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.