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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Prague?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Prague 50: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Prague 83: Prague leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Prague 65: Prague leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Prague 58: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Prague 77: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Prague 50: Prague leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Prague 83: Prague leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Prague 50: Prague leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Prague 62: Prague leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Prague 76: Prague leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Prague 40: Prague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Prague.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonPrague
Official languageFrenchCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m235 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonPrague
City population92,1881,397,880
People per km²1,4202,817
Museums within 10 km1188
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. 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.