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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Miami or Paris?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Paris for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Miami leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Paris 96: Paris leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Paris 97: Paris leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Paris 80: Miami leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Paris 52: Miami leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Paris 92: Paris leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Paris 79: Paris leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Paris 88: Paris leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Paris 98: Paris leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Paris 25: Miami leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Paris 88: Paris leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Paris 40: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Paris.

Your match

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

Miami
59match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiParis
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m27 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiParis
City population442,2412,103,778
People per km²3,04619,960
Museums within 10 km17251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.

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.