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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Avignon or Salzburg?

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

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Salzburg 45: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Salzburg 25: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Salzburg 80: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Salzburg 32: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on food and drink and day trips with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonSalzburg
Official languageFrenchGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m424 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonSalzburg
City population92,188155,021
People per km²1,4202,360
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63

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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.