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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Avignon or San Miguel de Allende?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, San Miguel de Allende 62: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, San Miguel de Allende 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, San Miguel de Allende 40: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, San Miguel de Allende 77: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, San Miguel de Allende 32: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, San Miguel de Allende 48: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, San Miguel de Allende 40: Avignon leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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 Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AvignonSan Miguel de Allende

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 Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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.

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 Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,900 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonSan Miguel de Allende
City population92,18869,811
People per km²1,420-
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.