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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marseille or Miami?

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 Marseille for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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. Marseille 72, Miami 90: Miami leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Miami 72: Miami leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Miami 57: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Miami 82: Miami leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Miami 64: Marseille leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Miami 42: Marseille leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Miami 64: Miami leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Miami 35: Marseille leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Miami 71: Miami leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Miami 27: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Miami 55: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Miami 44: Miami leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Miami.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Marseille
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarseilleMiami

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleMiami
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleMiami
City population886,040442,241
People per km²3,6833,046
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.