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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Avignon or Stuttgart?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Stuttgart 62: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Stuttgart 60: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Stuttgart 80: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Stuttgart 40: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonStuttgart
Official languageFrenchGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonStuttgart
City population92,188609,365
People per km²1,4202,938
Museums within 10 km1142
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.