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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Calgary or Monaco?

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 Calgary for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Monaco for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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. Calgary 8, Monaco 68: Monaco leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Monaco 57: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Monaco 48: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Monaco 70: Calgary leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Monaco 60: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Monaco 3: Calgary leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Monaco.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryMonaco
Official languageFrench, EnglishFrench
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m68 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryMonaco
City population1,306,78438,857
People per km²1,58318,503
Museums within 10 km1314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.

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.