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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Jaipur?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Avignon leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Jaipur 66: Jaipur leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Jaipur 25: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Jaipur 38: Avignon leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Jaipur 55: Avignon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Jaipur 25: Avignon leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Jaipur 30: Avignon leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Jaipur 35: Avignon leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Jaipur 28: Avignon leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Jaipur.

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.

Jaipur
46match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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.

Jaipur 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.

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). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonJaipur
Official languageFrenchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation10 m431 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonJaipur
City population92,1883,073,350
People per km²1,420-
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63

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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.