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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon or Oaxaca?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Oaxaca 62: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Oaxaca 65: Avignon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Oaxaca 40: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Oaxaca 55: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Oaxaca 38: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Oaxaca.

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
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Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonOaxaca
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,555 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonOaxaca
City population92,188258,913
People per km²1,4203,028
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62

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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.