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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Avignon or Hobart?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Hobart 56: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Avignon and Hobart are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Hobart 60: Avignon leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Hobart 45: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon and Hobart are level on 38.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Hobart 35: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Hobart 45: Avignon leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Hobart.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonHobart
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m54 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonHobart
City population92,188197,451
People per km²1,420116
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.