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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco or Nairobi?

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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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. Monaco 68, Nairobi 4: Monaco leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Nairobi 48: Monaco leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Nairobi 35: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Nairobi 28: Monaco leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Nairobi 55: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Nairobi 20: Monaco leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Nairobi 45: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Nairobi 35: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Nairobi 25: Monaco leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoNairobi
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation68 m1,661 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoNairobi
City population38,8575,545,000
People per km²18,5037,967
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.