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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Avignon or Ushuaia?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Avignon leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Ushuaia 40: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Ushuaia 22: Avignon leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Ushuaia 18: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Ushuaia 14: Avignon leads by 78 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Ushuaia 40: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Ushuaia 45: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Ushuaia 22: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Ushuaia 42: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Ushuaia 10: Avignon leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Ushuaia 26: Avignon leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Ushuaia.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonUshuaia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation10 m23 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonUshuaia
City population92,18882,615
People per km²1,4203,592
Museums within 10 km115
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.