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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Avignon or Winter Park, Colorado?

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

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

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Avignon leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Avignon leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Avignon leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Avignon leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Avignon leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Avignon leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Avignon leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m2,759 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonWinter Park, Colorado
City population92,1881,033
People per km²1,42024
Museums within 10 km110
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.