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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Avignon or Izmir?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Izmir 55: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Izmir 66: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Izmir 86: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Izmir 48: Avignon leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Izmir.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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.

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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonIzmir
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 m2 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonIzmir
City population92,1884,493,242
People per km²1,4204,760
Museums within 10 km1129
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.