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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Miami or Monaco?

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 Miami for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Monaco for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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. Miami 90, Monaco 68: Miami leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Monaco 57: Miami leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Monaco 55: Miami leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Monaco 48: Miami leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Monaco 60: Miami leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Monaco 52: Miami leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Monaco 3: Miami leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Monaco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Miami
59match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Monaco
58match

Wins on getting around 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.

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiMonaco
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m68 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiMonaco
City population442,24138,857
People per km²3,04618,503
Museums within 10 km1714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.