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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Denver?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Denver for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Denver 54: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Denver 44: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Denver 47: Denver leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Denver 84: Denver leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Denver 57: Avignon leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Denver 67: Denver leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Denver 40: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Denver 44: Denver leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Denver 36: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Denver 66: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Denver 40: Denver leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Denver.

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.

Denver
49match

Wins on families and nightlife 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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 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.

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). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonDenver
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 m1,609 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonDenver
City population92,188715,522
People per km²1,4201,783
Museums within 10 km1126
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.