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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Avignon or Vienna?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Vienna 62: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Vienna 74: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Avignon and Vienna are level on 44.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Vienna.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonVienna
Official languageFrenchGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonVienna
City population92,1882,028,289
People per km²1,4204,890
Museums within 10 km11152
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.