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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza or Montpellier?

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 Mendoza for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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. Mendoza 6, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Montpellier 64: Mendoza leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Montpellier 60: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Montpellier 72: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Montpellier 47: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Montpellier 50: Mendoza leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Montpellier 42: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Montpellier.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MendozaMontpellier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaMontpellier
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation769 m7 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaMontpellier
City population127,160310,240
People per km²2,3555,452
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.