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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Marseille or Wellington?

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
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Marseille leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Wellington 62: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Wellington 44: Marseille leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Wellington 45: Marseille leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Wellington 78: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Wellington 40: Marseille leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Wellington 42: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Wellington 33: Marseille leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille and Wellington are level on 56.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Wellington 30: Marseille leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Wellington.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on families 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleWellington
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleWellington
City population886,040216,200
People per km²3,683487
Museums within 10 km2712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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.