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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon or Ghent?

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 Ghent for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Ghent leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Ghent 55: Ghent leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Ghent 35: Avignon leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Ghent 88: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Ghent 38: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Ghent 60: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Ghent 33: Avignon leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Ghent.

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

Ghent
54match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonGhent
Official languageFrenchFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonGhent
City population92,188272,657
People per km²1,4201,728
Museums within 10 km1130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km65
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.