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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Malaga or Paris?

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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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. Malaga 77, Paris 9: Malaga leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Paris 96: Paris leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Paris 97: Paris leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Paris 80: Paris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Paris 52: Malaga leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Paris 92: Paris leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Paris 79: Paris leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Paris 88: Paris leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Paris 98: Paris leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Paris 25: Malaga leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Paris 88: Paris leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Paris 40: Malaga leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Paris.

Your match

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

Malaga
64match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MalagaParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaParis
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation18 m27 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaParis
City population599,0632,103,778
People per km²1,51719,960
Museums within 10 km32251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.