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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon or Nairobi?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Nairobi 48: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Nairobi 35: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Nairobi 28: Avignon leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Nairobi 20: Avignon leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Nairobi 35: Avignon leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Nairobi 25: Avignon leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Nairobi.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonNairobi
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation10 m1,661 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonNairobi
City population92,1885,545,000
People per km²1,4207,967
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.