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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Marseille or Venice?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Marseille leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Venice 60: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Venice 94: Venice leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Venice 27: Marseille leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Venice 45: Marseille leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Marseille and Venice are level on 86.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Venice 45: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Venice 68: Venice leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Venice 57: Venice leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Venice 20: Marseille leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Venice 62: Venice leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Venice 40: Venice leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Venice.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

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

Venice
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleVenice
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleVenice
City population886,040250,369
People per km²3,683602
Museums within 10 km2752
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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.