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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Avignon or Nuremberg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • families
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Nuremberg 53: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon and Nuremberg are level on 69.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Nuremberg 40: Nuremberg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Nuremberg 56: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Nuremberg 80: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Nuremberg 52: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonNuremberg
Official languageFrenchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m209 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonNuremberg
City population92,188531,159
People per km²1,4202,848
Museums within 10 km1150
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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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.