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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Positano?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Positano 40: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Positano 22: Avignon leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Positano 22: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Positano 80: Positano leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Positano 88: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Positano 28: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Positano 35: Avignon leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Positano 45: Positano leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Positano 10: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Positano 15: Avignon leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Positano 45: Positano leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Positano.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Positano
42match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

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). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonPositano
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m142 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonPositano
City population92,1883,729
People per km²1,420429
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km65
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.