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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Avignon or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Avignon leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Avignon leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: Avignon leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Avignon leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Avignon leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AvignonSan Jose, Costa Rica

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.

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,161 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population92,188335,007
People per km²1,4207,511
Museums within 10 km119
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.