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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Dresden?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Dresden for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Dresden’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, Dresden 10: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Dresden 45: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Dresden 79: Dresden leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Dresden 47: Dresden leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Dresden 74: Dresden leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Dresden 76: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Dresden 60: Dresden leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Dresden 74: Dresden leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Dresden 42: Dresden leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Dresden 55: Dresden leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Dresden 76: Dresden leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Dresden 42: Dresden leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Dresden.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife 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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

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). Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonDresden
Official languageFrenchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m126 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonDresden
City population92,188562,764
People per km²1,4201,713
Museums within 10 km1170
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.