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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Avignon or London?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose London for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, London 84: London leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, London 94: London leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, London 88: London leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, London 57: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, London 90: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, London 82: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, London 85: London leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, London 95: London leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, London 15: Avignon leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, London 98: London leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, London 40: London leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and London.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonLondon
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m4 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonLondon
City population92,1888,799,728
People per km²1,4205,598
Museums within 10 km11216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.