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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Avignon or Goreme?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Goreme for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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, Goreme 3: Avignon leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Goreme 20: Avignon leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Goreme 45: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Goreme 5: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Goreme 74: Goreme leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Goreme 70: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Goreme 40: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Goreme 40: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Goreme 22: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Goreme 58: Goreme leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Goreme 10: Avignon leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Goreme 42: Goreme leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Goreme.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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.

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonGoreme
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m1,100 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonGoreme
City population92,1882,000
People per km²1,42020
Museums within 10 km115
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.