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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Quebec City?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Avignon and Quebec City are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Quebec City 58: Avignon leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Quebec City 50: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Quebec City 52: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and families 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AvignonQuebec City

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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonQuebec City
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m98 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonQuebec City
City population92,188574,482
People per km²1,4201,184
Museums within 10 km1116
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.