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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marseille or Scottsdale?

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

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Marseille leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Scottsdale 46: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Scottsdale 38: Marseille leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Scottsdale 52: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Scottsdale 68: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Scottsdale 50: Marseille leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Scottsdale 20: Marseille leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Scottsdale 32: Marseille leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Scottsdale 40: Marseille leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarseilleScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleScottsdale
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m380 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleScottsdale
City population886,040241,361
People per km²3,683-
Museums within 10 km2710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.