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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Avignon or Florence?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Florence for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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, Florence 14: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Florence 74: Florence leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Florence 94: Florence leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Florence 42: Florence leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Florence 58: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Florence 98: Florence leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Avignon and Florence are level on 45.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Florence 78: Florence leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Florence 72: Florence leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Florence 35: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Florence 58: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Florence 42: Florence leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Florence.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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.

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

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). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonFlorence
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonFlorence
City population92,188360,930
People per km²1,4203,528
Museums within 10 km11141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64

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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.