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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Kathmandu or Saint-Tropez?

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 Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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. Kathmandu 4, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Saint-Tropez 48: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Saint-Tropez 35: Kathmandu leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Saint-Tropez 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Saint-Tropez 42: Saint-Tropez leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Saint-Tropez 32: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Saint-Tropez 8: Kathmandu leads by 89 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Saint-Tropez 18: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Saint-Tropez 35: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on beaches 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.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduSaint-Tropez
Official languageNepaliFrench
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101112
Elevation1,300 m0 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduSaint-Tropez
City population845,7673,582
People per km²17,121320
Museums within 10 km94
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.