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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Tirana?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Avignon and Tirana are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Tirana 42: Avignon leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Tirana 62: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Tirana 64: Avignon leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Tirana 40: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Tirana 54: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Tirana 32: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Tirana 32: Avignon leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Tirana 27: Avignon leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Tirana.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

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

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonTirana
Official languageFrenchAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m110 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonTirana
City population92,188389,323
People per km²1,4209,314
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.