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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Plovdiv?

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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Plovdiv 50: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Plovdiv 66: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Plovdiv 42: Plovdiv leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Plovdiv 68: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Plovdiv 70: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Plovdiv 40: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Plovdiv 33: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Plovdiv 78: Plovdiv leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Plovdiv 42: Avignon leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Plovdiv 44: Plovdiv leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Plovdiv.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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.

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonPlovdiv
Official languageFrenchBulgarian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m172 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonPlovdiv
City population92,188333,994
People per km²1,4203,274
Museums within 10 km1118
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.